Countries
Vietnam
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Vietnam
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
- 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
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Chinese Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Xin chào
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Cam on
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Chào buổi tối
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
xin vui lòng
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Xin lỗi
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Tạm biệt
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
tôi yêu bạn
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Xin loi
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
91.00 million
  
16
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
75.00 million
  
14
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
vietnamien
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Vietnamesisch
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
c. 1440
  
14
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
vi
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
vie
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
vie
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
vie
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
viet1252
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
46-EBA
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Fusional
  
Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Hausa language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Vietnamese vs Hausa Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.