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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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