Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Nigeria
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
yaya dai
Good Night
تصبح على خير
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
مساء الخير
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
barka da rana
Good Morning
صباح الخير
mai kyau safe
I Love You
أحبك
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
اعذرني
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Ghana
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Sudan
Niger
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Levantine
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Niger
How Many People Speak
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Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
arabe
haoussa
German Name
Arabisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
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Ethnicity
Arabs
Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
North Arabic
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Hausa
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
arab1395
haus1257
Linguasphere
12-AAC
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional
Arabic 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 Arabic and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Hausa language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Hausa Difficulty
The Arabic vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.