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Hausa and Portuguese


Portuguese and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
10  
6

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Portugal  

Second Language
Nigeria  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
32  
22
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
Olá  

Thank You
gode ku  
obrigado  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Como você está?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
boa noite  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
bom Dia  

Please
Don Allah  
Por Favor  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
pesaroso  

Bye
sai anjima  
tchau  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Daman and Diu  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
Português  

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

French Name
haoussa  
portugais  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
14  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Portuguese  

Language Position
34  
32
6  
6

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
por  

ISO 639 3
hau  
por  

ISO 639 6
hau  
por  

Glottocode
haus1257  
port1283  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Hausa and Portuguese Speaking population

Hausa and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Hausa vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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