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Hausa and Sindhi


Sindhi and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Gujarati  

Derived From
-  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
32  
22
42  
31

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Devanagari  

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  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
gode ku  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
Don Allah  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
sai anjima  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
25,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Central Sindh  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
25,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Lower Sindh  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
25.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
سنڌي  

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

French Name
haoussa  
sindhi  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[sɪndi]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Sindhi people  

History

Origin
14  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Sindhi  

Language Position
34  
32
50  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Signed Sindhi  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
snd  

ISO 639 3
hau  
snd  

ISO 639 6
hau  
snd  

Glottocode
haus1257  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Hausa and Sindhi Speaking population

Hausa and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Hausa vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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