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Urdu and Hausa


Hausa and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Pakistan  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Africa  

Minority Language
India  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
40  
29
32  
22

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
sannu  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
gode ku  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
yaya dai  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
mai kyau safe  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Don Allah  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
yi hakuri  

Bye
الوداع  
sai anjima  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
India  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
India  
Niger  

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Niger  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
اُردُو  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
ourdou  
haoussa  

German Name
Urdu  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Chadic  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Hausa  

Language Position
20  
18
34  
27

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
hau  

ISO 639 3
urd  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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All Urdu and Hausa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Urdu and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Urdu and Hausa Speaking population

Urdu and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Urdu and Hausa on Urdu vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Urdu and Hausa Language Codes

Urdu and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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