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Hebrew vs Hausa


Hausa vs Hebrew


Countries

Countries
Israel   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
22   
4
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0   
12   
9

How Many Consonants
22   
12
32   
22

Scripts
Hebrew   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.00 million   
99+
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.52 %   
28

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   

History

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   

Language Position
23   
19
34   
27

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Hebrew and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Hebrew vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Hebrew and Hausa language. History of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 BC whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hebrew and Hausa Language History.

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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.

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