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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
-  
-  

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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

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  
4
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
50.00  
99+

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 %  
30

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
English  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
English  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
anglais  
haoussa  

German Name
Englisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Chadic  

Branch
-  
-  

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  
32

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Signed Hausa  

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  
hau  

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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English and Hausa Language History

Comparison of English vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of English and Hausa language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Hausa Language History.

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

English vs Hausa Difficulty

The English vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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