Countries
Nigeria
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Nigeria
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Not Available
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
sannu
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
gode ku
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
yaya dai
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Don Allah
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
yi hakuri
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
sai anjima
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ina son ku
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Ghana
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Griko
Where They Speak
Niger
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Niger
Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
haoussa
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Hausa
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
haus1257
gree1276
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Fusional, Synthetic
Hausa and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Greek language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Greek Difficulty
The Hausa vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.