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Urdu vs Hausa


Hausa vs 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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Urdu and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Hausa language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Hausa Language History.

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

Urdu vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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