Countries
Nigeria
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International 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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Not Available
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
Arabic.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
yaya dai
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
mai kyau dare
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
barka da yamma
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
مساء الخير
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
صباح الخير
I Love You
Ina son ku
أحبك
Excuse Me
gafara dai
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Ghana
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Niger
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Levantine
Where They Speak
Niger
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
haoussa
arabe
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Arabs
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
haus1257
arab1395
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Hausa and Arabic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hausa and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Arabic language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Arabic Difficulty
The Hausa vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hausa and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.