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
-
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Tagalog Language
Derived From
-
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4428
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3223
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
Kumusta
Thank You
gode ku
Salamat
How Are You?
yaya dai
Kumusta
Good Night
mai kyau dare
magandang gabi
Good Evening
barka da yamma
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Magandang umaga
Please
Don Allah
Mangyaring
Sorry
yi hakuri
pinagsisisihan
Bye
sai anjima
Paalam
I Love You
Ina son ku
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
gafara dai
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Bikol
Where They Speak
Ghana
Philippines
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Niger
Philippines
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Waray
Where They Speak
Niger
Philippines
How Many People Speak
50.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
208
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million90.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %1.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
filipino
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Pilipino
French Name
haoussa
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Filipino 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
Filipino
Language Position
3434
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
fil
ISO 639 2/B
hau
fil
ISO 639 3
hau
fil
ISO 639 6
hau
fil
Glottocode
haus1257
fili1244
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-