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Hindi vs Hausa


Hausa vs Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
12   
9

How Many Consonants
33   
23
32   
22

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
sannu   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
gode ku   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
yaya dai   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
mai kyau safe   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Don Allah   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
yi hakuri   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
sai anjima   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
हिन्दी   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
hindi   
haoussa   

German Name
Hindi   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
7th Century   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Chadic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Hausa   

Language Position
5   
5
34   
27

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
hau   

ISO 639 3
hin   
hau   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Hindi and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Hindi vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Hindi and Hausa language. History of Hindi language states that this language originated in 7th Century 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 Hindi and Hausa Language History.

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Hindi 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 Hindi and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Hausa language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hindi vs Hausa Difficulty

The Hindi vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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