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Hausa vs Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
1  
14

National Language
Portugal  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
United States of America  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
19  
9
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
sannu  

Thank You
obrigado  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
boa noite  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
mai kyau safe  

Please
Por Favor  
Don Allah  

Sorry
pesaroso  
yi hakuri  

Bye
tchau  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
Not Available  

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Português  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

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

French Name
portugais  
haoussa  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Chadic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Hausa  

Language Position
6  
6
34  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
hau  

ISO 639 3
por  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
port1283  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Portuguese and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Hausa language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century 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 Portuguese and Hausa Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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