Countries
India
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
India
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
sannu
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Niger
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Hausa language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Hausa Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.