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Hausa and Norwegian


Norwegian and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Norway  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
32  
22
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
hallo  

Thank You
gode ku  
takk  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
god natt  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
god morgen  

Please
Don Allah  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
unnskyld  

Bye
sai anjima  
ha det  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
Norsk  

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

French Name
haoussa  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
14  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
34  
32
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
nor  

ISO 639 3
hau  
nor  

ISO 639 6
hau  
nor  

Glottocode
haus1257  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Fusional  

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

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Hausa and Norwegian Speaking population

Hausa and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Hausa vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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