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Persian vs Hausa


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Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
32  
22

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
sannu  

Thank You
متشکرم  
gode ku  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
mai kyau safe  

Please
لطفا  
Don Allah  

Sorry
متاسف  
yi hakuri  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
sai anjima  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
فارسی  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
persan  
haoussa  

German Name
Persisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Chadic  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Hausa  

Language Position
23  
19
34  
27

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
hau  

ISO 639 3
pes  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Persian and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Hausa language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Persian and Hausa Language History.

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

Persian vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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