Cantonese and Hausa
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Nigeria
National Language
China, Guangdong
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Hawaii
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
yaya dai
Good Night
晚安
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
晚上好
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
下午好
barka da rana
Good Morning
早上好
mai kyau safe
I Love You
我爱你
Ina son ku
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Gaananci
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Ghana
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Niger
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Niger
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
cantonais
haoussa
German Name
Kantonesisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Hausa
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Hausa
ISO 639 1
No data available
ha
ISO 639 3
No data available
hau
Glottocode
cant1236
haus1257
Linguasphere
No data available
19-HAA-b
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
All Cantonese and Hausa Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Hausa Speaking population
Cantonese and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Hausa on Cantonese vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Hausa Language Codes
Cantonese and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.