Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Nigeria
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 in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
Eu te amo
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
desculpe me
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Brazil
Ghana
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Portugal
Niger
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Niger
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Hausa
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
haus1257
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
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.