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English and Hausa


Hausa and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
sannu   

Thank You
Thank you   
gode ku   

How Are You?
How are you?   
yaya dai   

Good Night
Good Night   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
mai kyau safe   

Please
Please   
Don Allah   

Sorry
Sorry   
yi hakuri   

Bye
Bye   
sai anjima   

I Love You
I love you   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
English   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
anglais   
haoussa   

German Name
Englisch   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Hausa   

Language Position
3   
3
34   
27

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
hau   

ISO 639 3
eng   
hau   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All English 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 English and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of English and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Hausa Speaking population

English and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of English and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Hausa on English vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Hausa Language Codes

English and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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