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Norwegian and Hausa


Hausa and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
20   
10
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
sannu   

Thank You
takk   
gode ku   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
yaya dai   

Good Night
god natt   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
god kveld   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
god morgen   
mai kyau safe   

Please
Vær så snill   
Don Allah   

Sorry
unnskyld   
yi hakuri   

Bye
ha det   
sai anjima   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Niger   

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Niger   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million   
99+
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Norsk   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
haoussa   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Chadic   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Hausa   

Language Position
Not Available   
34   
27

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
hau   

ISO 639 3
nor   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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

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Norwegian and Hausa Speaking population

Norwegian and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available 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 Norwegian and Hausa on Norwegian vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Hausa Language Codes

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

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