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Hausa and Persian


Persian and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
32  
22
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
سلام  

Thank You
gode ku  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Don Allah  
لطفا  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
متاسف  

Bye
sai anjima  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
haoussa  
persan  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
14  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Persian  

Language Position
34  
32
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
per  

ISO 639 3
hau  
pes  

ISO 639 6
hau  
pers  

Glottocode
haus1257  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Synthetic  

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

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Hausa and Persian Speaking population

Hausa and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Hausa vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Persian Language Codes

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

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