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Hausa and Japanese


Japanese and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Japan  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Palau  

Regulated By
-  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
gode ku  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
Don Allah  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
sai anjima  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Niger  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
日本語  

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

French Name
haoussa  
japonais  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
14  
1185  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Japanese  

Language Position
34  
32
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
hau  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
hau  
jpn  

Glottocode
haus1257  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Hausa and Japanese Speaking population

Hausa and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Hausa vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Japanese Language Codes

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

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