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Telugu vs Hausa


Hausa vs Telugu


Countries

Countries
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Andra Pradesh, India  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Karnataka  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
  • Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
  • 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
Tamil  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
60  
35
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
19  
16
12  
9

How Many Consonants
41  
30
32  
22

Scripts
Telugu Script  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
హలో (Halō)  
sannu  

Thank You
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
బై (Bai)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Waddar  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
170,000.00  
39
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chenchu  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
26,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Manna-Dora  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
38  
28
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
80.00 million  
20
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
1.15 %  
15
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
తెలుగు (telugu)  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
télougou  
haoussa  

German Name
Telugu-Sprache  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Telugu people  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
c. 575  
14  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Chadic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Early Telugu epigraphy  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Telugu  
Hausa  

Language Position
15  
14
34  
27

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
te  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tel  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
tel  
hau  

ISO 639 3
tel  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
telu1262  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Telugu and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Telugu vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Telugu and Hausa language. History of Telugu language states that this language originated in c. 575 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 Telugu and Hausa Language History.

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

Telugu vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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