Countries
Philippines
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
- 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Paálam
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Tagalog
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
tagalog
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
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Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
1593
  
14
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
taga1269
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Hausa language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Hausa Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.