Countries
Nigeria
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Philippines
Second Language
Nigeria
Philippines
Speaking Continents
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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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4421
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3216
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
Hoy
Thank You
gode ku
Salamat
How Are You?
yaya dai
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
barka da yamma
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Maayong Buntag
Please
Don Allah
Palihug
Sorry
yi hakuri
Ikasubo ko
Bye
sai anjima
Babay
I Love You
Ina son ku
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
gafara dai
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Boholano
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bohol
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Niger
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Daragaram
North Kana
Where They Speak
Niger
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
50.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
50.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.52 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
35.00 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
15.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
haoussa
cebuano
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Cebuano people
Origin
14
16th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Chadic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
3462
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
hau
ceb
ISO 639 3
hau
ceb
ISO 639 6
hau
ceb
Glottocode
haus1257
cebu1242
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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