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Norwegian vs Hausa


Hausa vs 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  
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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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Norwegian and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Norwegian vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Norwegian and Hausa language. History of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 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 Norwegian and Hausa Language History.

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

Norwegian vs Hausa Difficulty

The Norwegian vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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