Countries
Israel
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Israel
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Israel
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Poland
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Aramaic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Hebrew
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
שלום (Shalom)
  
sannu
  
Thank You
תודה (Toda)
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
בבקשה!
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Israel
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
9.00 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.40 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
5.60 million
  
27
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
hébreu
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Hebräisch
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
1000 BC
  
14
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Canaanitic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
he
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
heb
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
heb
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
heb
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
hebr1246
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
12-AAB-a
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Hebrew and Hausa Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hebrew and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hebrew and Hausa language. Hebrew word for "Hello" is שלום (Shalom) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Hebrew Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hebrew vs Hausa Difficulty
The Hebrew vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hebrew Alphabets and Hausa Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hebrew and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hebrew and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hebrew is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.