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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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