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Hausa and French


French and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
32  
3

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
France  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Africa, Canada  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  

Regulated By
-  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Italian Language  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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French-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
32  
22
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
bonjour  

Thank You
gode ku  
Merci  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Comment allez-vous?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
bonne Nuit  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
bonsoir  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
bon Après-Midi  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
Bonjour  

Please
Don Allah  
S'il vous plaît  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
désolé  

Bye
sai anjima  
au revoir  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Je t'aime  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
Excuse Moi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Quebec French  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
6,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
African French  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Africa  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
274,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
1,800,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
1.12 %  
18

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
87.00 million  
11

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
français  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Français  

French Name
haoussa  
français  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Französisch  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
French people  

History

Origin
14  
9th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old French, Middle French and French  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Standard French  

Language Position
34  
32
13  
12

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
fr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
fra  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
fre  

ISO 639 3
hau  
fra  

ISO 639 6
hau  
fras  

Glottocode
haus1257  
stan1290  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
51-AAA-i  

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

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Hausa and French Speaking population

Hausa and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and French languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Hausa vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and French Language Codes

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

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