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Zulu vs Hausa


Hausa vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
South Africa  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
57  
34
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
50  
35
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
sannu  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
gode ku  

How Are You?
unjani  
yaya dai  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
mai kyau safe  

Please
Ngiyacela  
Don Allah  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
yi hakuri  

Bye
bye  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Ghana  

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Niger  

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Niger  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
isiZulu  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
zoulou  
haoussa  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
19  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Chadic  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Hausa  

Language Position
87  
99+
34  
27

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
hau  

ISO 639 3
zul  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Zulu and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Hausa language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 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 Zulu and Hausa Language History.

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

Zulu vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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