Hausa

Amharic

Hausa and Amharic

Hausa

Amharic

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Countries

Nigeria

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Gambia, Nigeria

Ethiopia

Second Language

Nigeria

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa

Minority Language

Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Interesting Facts

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.

Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.

Similar To

Yoruba and Igbo Languages

Tigrinya and Oromo Languages

Derived From

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4433

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

127

0 32

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How Many Consonants

3231

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Ethiopic

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

sannu

Selam

Thank You

gode ku

amesege'nallo'

How Are You?

yaya dai

Dehina newot?

Good Night

mai kyau dare

Dehna dur

Good Evening

barka da yamma

melkam meshe't

Good Afternoon

barka da rana

i'ndemin walu

Good Morning

mai kyau safe

i'ndemin adäru

Please

Don Allah

i'bakwon

Sorry

yi hakuri

aznallehu

Bye

sai anjima

tschao

I Love You

Ina son ku

afekirishalehu

Excuse Me

gafara dai

yiqirta

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gaananci

Gondar

Where They Speak

Ghana

Gondar

How Many People Speak

50,000,000.0022,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Kurhwayanci

Gojjami

Where They Speak

Niger

Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

150,000,000.0022,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Daragaram

Showa

Where They Speak

Niger

Ethiopia

How Many People Speak

50.0022,000,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

205

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

50.00 million18.70 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.52 %0.37 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

35.00 million25.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million10.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)

አማርኛ

Alternative Names

Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa

Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian

French Name

haoussa

amharique

German Name

Haussa-Sprache

Amharisch

Pronunciation

[hàʊsà]

[amarɨɲɲa]

Ethnicity

Hausa–Fulani people

Amharas

History

Origin

13th century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Chadic

Semitic

Branch

Ethiopic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Ge'ez

Standard Forms

Hausa

Amharic

Language Position

3455

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed Hausa

Signed Amharic

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hau

amh

ISO 639 2/B

hau

amh

ISO 639 3

hau

amh

ISO 639 6

hau

amh

Glottocode

haus1257

amha1245

Linguasphere

19-HAA-b

12-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional

Hausa and Amharic Alphabets

Hausa and Amharic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hausa and Amharic. In Hausa Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Amharic Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Hausa and Amharic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hausa and Amharic languages. The Hausa phonology consist Hausa vowels and Hausa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Hausa greetings vs Amharic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hausa and Amharic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Hausa and Amharic Speaking population

Hausa and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Hausa and Amharic on Hausa vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Amharic Language Codes

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