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Japanese and Hausa


Hausa and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Japan   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Africa   

Minority Language
Palau   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
14   
4
32   
22

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
sannu   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
gode ku   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
yaya dai   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
mai kyau safe   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
Don Allah   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
yi hakuri   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
sai anjima   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
Niger   

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Niger   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
日本語   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
japonais   
haoussa   

German Name
Japanisch   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
1185   
14   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Hausa   

Language Position
8   
8
34   
27

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
hau   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Japanese and Hausa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Hausa Speaking population

Japanese and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Hausa on Japanese vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Hausa Language Codes

Japanese and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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