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German and Hausa


Hausa and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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 English Languages  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
12  
9

How Many Consonants
9  
1
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
sannu  

Thank You
Danke  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
mai kyau safe  

Please
bitte  
Don Allah  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
yi hakuri  

Bye
Tschüs  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Deutsch  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
allemand  
haoussa  

German Name
Deutsch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Chadic  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Hausa  

Language Position
9  
9
34  
32

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
hau  

ISO 639 3
deu  
hau  

ISO 639 6
deus  
hau  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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German and Hausa Speaking population

German and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of German and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Hausa on German vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Hausa Language Codes

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

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