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Hausa and Arabic


Arabic and Hausa


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
1  
14
23  
4

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
-  
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
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Arabic.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
32  
22
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

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
50,000,000.00  
14
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
246.00 million  
2

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
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
34  
32
25  
23

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  

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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.

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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.

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