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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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