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Hausa and German


German and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Germany  

Second Language
Nigeria  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
-  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
44  
24
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
32  
22
9  
1

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
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
hallo  

Thank You
gode ku  
Danke  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
guten Morgen  

Please
Don Allah  
bitte  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
Verzeihung  

Bye
sai anjima  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
820,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
6,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
1.39 %  
13

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
haoussa  
allemand  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Germans  

History

Origin
14  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
34  
32
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
ger  

ISO 639 3
hau  
deu  

ISO 639 6
hau  
deus  

Glottocode
haus1257  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Hausa and German Speaking population

Hausa and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and German languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Hausa vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and German Language Codes

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

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