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Malaysian vs Hausa


Hausa vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Malaysia  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
24  
14
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
sannu  

Thank You
terima kasih  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Apa khabar?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
mai kyau safe  

Please
sila  
Don Allah  

Sorry
maaf  
yi hakuri  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Musi  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

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

French Name
malais  
haoussa  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
14  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Chadic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Hausa  

Language Position
54  
39
34  
27

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
hau  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Malaysian and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Hausa language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD 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 Malaysian and Hausa Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Hausa Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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