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Hausa vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Russia  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
32  
22

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
sannu  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Niger  

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Niger  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Русский  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

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

French Name
russe  
haoussa  

German Name
Russisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Chadic  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Hausa  

Language Position
7  
7
34  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
hau  

ISO 639 3
rus  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
russ1263  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Russian and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Hausa language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian and Hausa Language History.

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

Russian vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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