Countries
India
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
India
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- 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
Marathi
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Chike
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Adeus
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
konkani
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kokani
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Konkani 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 Konkani and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Hausa language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Hausa Difficulty
The Konkani vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani 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 Konkani and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.