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Welsh vs Hausa


Hausa vs Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Wales   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
British Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Helô   
sannu   

Thank You
Diolch   
gode ku   

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?   
yaya dai   

Good Night
Nos da   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
Noswaith dda   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
Bore da   
mai kyau safe   

Please
os gwelwch yn dda   
Don Allah   

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym   
yi hakuri   

Bye
Hwyl   
sai anjima   

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Argentina   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
38,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Gwynedd   
Niger   

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Powys   
Niger   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million   
99+
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

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

French Name
gallois   
haoussa   

German Name
Kymrisch   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Welsh people   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Chadic   

Branch
Brythonic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Welsh   
Hausa   

Language Position
Not Available   
34   
27

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
cy   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
wel   
hau   

ISO 639 3
cym   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
wels1247   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
50-ABA   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional   

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Welsh and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Welsh vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Welsh and Hausa language. History of Welsh language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 Welsh and Hausa Language History.

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

Welsh vs Hausa Difficulty

The Welsh vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Welsh 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 Welsh and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Welsh and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Welsh is 30 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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