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Kurdish and Hausa


Hausa and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • 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
Farsi Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
29   
19
32   
22

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
sannu   

Thank You
Sipas   
gode ku   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
yaya dai   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
mai kyau safe   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Don Allah   

Sorry
Bibûre   
yi hakuri   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
sai anjima   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

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

French Name
kurde   
haoussa   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Hausa   

Language Position
Not Available   
34   
27

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
hau   

ISO 639 3
kur   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
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   

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All Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Hausa Speaking population

Kurdish and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % 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 Kurdish and Hausa on Kurdish vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Hausa Language Codes

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

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