Hausa

Urdu

Hausa and Urdu

Hausa

Urdu

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Countries

Nigeria

India, Pakistan

Total No. Of Countries

0 46

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National Language

Gambia, Nigeria

Pakistan

Second Language

Nigeria

Pakistan

Speaking Continents

Africa

Asia, Oceania

Minority Language

Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo

India

Regulated By

National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan

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.

Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.

Similar To

Yoruba and Igbo Languages

Arabic and Hindi Languages

Derived From

Ghaznavid Persian Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4452

18 247

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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1210

0 32

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How Many Consonants

3240

9 60

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Scripts

Latin

Arabic

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

2 12

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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks

3 88

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Greetings

Hello

sannu

خوش آمديد

Thank You

gode ku

آپ کا شکریہ

How Are You?

yaya dai

آپ کیسے ہیں؟

Good Night

mai kyau dare

گڈ نائٹ

Good Evening

barka da yamma

سلام علیکم

Good Afternoon

barka da rana

گڈ آفٹر نون

Good Morning

mai kyau safe

گڈ مارننگ

Please

Don Allah

براہ مہربانی

Sorry

yi hakuri

معاف کرنا

Bye

sai anjima

الوداع

I Love You

Ina son ku

مجھے تم سے محبت

Excuse Me

gafara dai

معاف کیجئے گا

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gaananci

Dakhini

Where They Speak

Ghana

India

How Many People Speak

50,000,000.0011,000,000.00

1.5 960000000

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Dialect 2

Kurhwayanci

Hyderabadi Urdu

Where They Speak

Niger

India

How Many People Speak

150,000,000.0069,000,000.00

700 274000000

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Dialect 3

Daragaram

Rekhta

Where They Speak

Niger

South Asia

How Many People Speak

50.0069,000,000.00

2 230000000

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Total No. Of Dialects

203

0 188

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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

50.00 million104.00 million

0 1200

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Speaking Population

0.52 %0.99 %

0 89

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Native Speakers

35.00 million61.00 million

0 873

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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million43.00 million

0.01 400

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Native Name

حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)

اُردُو

Alternative Names

Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa

Bihari

French Name

haoussa

ourdou

German Name

Haussa-Sprache

Urdu

Pronunciation

[hàʊsà]

[ˈʊrd̪u]

Ethnicity

Hausa–Fulani people

Urdu-speaking people

History

Origin

12th Century CE

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Chadic

Indo-Iranian

Branch

Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Hausa

Modern Standard Urdu

Language Position

3420

1 120

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Signed Forms

Signed Hausa

Signed Urdu

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hau

urd

ISO 639 2/B

hau

urd

ISO 639 3

hau

urd

ISO 639 6

hau

urd

Glottocode

haus1257

urdu1245

Linguasphere

19-HAA-b

59-AAF-q

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional

Hausa and Urdu Alphabets

Hausa and Urdu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hausa and Urdu. In Hausa Alphabets there are 44 letters while in Urdu Alphabets there are 52 letters. To learn Hausa and Urdu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hausa and Urdu languages. The Hausa phonology consist Hausa vowels and Hausa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Hausa greetings vs Urdu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hausa and Urdu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

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Hausa and Urdu Speaking population

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

Hausa and Urdu Language Codes

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