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Hausa and Nepali


Nepali and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Nepal  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
32  
22
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
gode ku  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Don Allah  
कृपया  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
sai anjima  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Niger  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
haoussa  
népalais  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
14  
19 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Nepali  

Language Position
34  
32
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
nep  

ISO 639 3
hau  
npi  

ISO 639 6
hau  
nep  

Glottocode
haus1257  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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

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Hausa and Nepali Speaking population

Hausa and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Hausa vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Nepali Language Codes

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

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