Countries
Indonesia
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
sannu
  
Thank You
matur nuwun
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
piye kabare?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
wengi sing apik
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Not Available
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Cirebon
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Arekan
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
82.00 million
  
19
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
basa Jawa
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
javanais
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Javanisch
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
450 AD
  
14
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Chadic
  
Branch
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Javanese
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
jv
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
jav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
jav
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
java1253
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Javanese 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 Javanese and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Javanese and Hausa language. Javanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Javanese Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Javanese vs Hausa Difficulty
The Javanese vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.