Countries
Japan
  
Nigeria
  
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
  
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Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
50.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Hausa language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Hausa Difficulty
The Japanese vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.