Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Nigeria
  
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
  
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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
  
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Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
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Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
50.00 million
  
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]
  
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Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Indic
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
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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
  
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.