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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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