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Kurdish vs Hausa


Hausa vs 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   
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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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Kurdish and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Hausa language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kurdish and Hausa Language History.

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Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Hausa language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kurdish vs Hausa Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish 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 Kurdish and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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