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Hausa and Hindi


Hindi and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
India  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Central Hindi Directorate  

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Urdu  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
32  
22
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
नमस्ते (Namastē)  

Thank You
gode ku  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)  

Please
Don Allah  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
खेद (Khēda)  

Bye
sai anjima  
अलविदा (Alavidā)  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
haoussa  
hindi  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
14  
7th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
34  
32
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
hin  

ISO 639 3
hau  
hin  

ISO 639 6
hau  
hins  

Glottocode
haus1257  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Hausa and Hindi Speaking population

Hausa and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Hausa vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Hindi Language Codes

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

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