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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

123
0 46
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National Language

Gambia, Nigeria
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4428
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

128
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3228
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

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Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

sannu
مرحبا

Thank You

gode ku
شكرا

How Are You?

yaya dai
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

mai kyau dare
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

barka da yamma
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

barka da rana
مساء الخير

Good Morning

mai kyau safe
صباح الخير

Please

Don Allah
من فضلك

Sorry

yi hakuri
آسف

Bye

sai anjima
وداعا

I Love You

Ina son ku
أحبك

Excuse Me

gafara dai
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gaananci
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Ghana
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

50,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kurhwayanci
Sudanese

Where They Speak

Niger
Sudan

How Many People Speak

150,000,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Daragaram
Levantine

Where They Speak

Niger
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

50.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2026
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

50.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.52 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

35.00 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

haoussa
arabe

German Name

Haussa-Sprache
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[hàʊsà]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Hausa–Fulani people
Arabs

History

Origin

14
512 CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Chadic
Semitic

Branch

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North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Hausa
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

3425
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Hausa
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ha
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hau
ara

ISO 639 2/B

hau
ara

ISO 639 3

hau
ara

ISO 639 6

hau
ara

Glottocode

haus1257
arab1395

Linguasphere

19-HAA-b
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic

Hausa and Arabic Alphabets

Hausa and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hausa and Arabic. In Hausa Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Hausa and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hausa and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hausa and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hausa and Arabic Speaking population

Hausa and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Hausa vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Arabic Language Codes

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