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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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