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Hausa vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

National Language
Spain  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Nigeria  

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

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
sannu  

Thank You
Gracias  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
mai kyau safe  

Please
Por Favor  
Don Allah  

Sorry
triste  
yi hakuri  

Bye
adiós  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Español  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
haoussa  

German Name
Spanisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Chadic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Hausa  

Language Position
2  
2
34  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
hau  

ISO 639 3
spa  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Spanish and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Hausa language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Hausa Language History.

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

Spanish vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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