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Italian vs Hausa


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Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
1   
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
16   
6
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
sannu   

Thank You
grazie   
gode ku   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
yaya dai   

Good Night
buonanotte   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
buonasera   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
mai kyau safe   

Please
Per Favore   
Don Allah   

Sorry
scusate   
yi hakuri   

Bye
arrivederci   
sai anjima   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Niger   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Italiano   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
italien   
haoussa   

German Name
Italienisch   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
960 BC   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Hausa   

Language Position
27   
23
34   
27

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
hau   

ISO 639 3
ita   
hau   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Italian and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Hausa language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian and Hausa Language History.

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

Italian vs Hausa Difficulty

The Italian vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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