Countries
Nigeria
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
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Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
sannu
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
gode ku
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
yaya dai
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Don Allah
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
yi hakuri
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
sai anjima
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Ina son ku
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Ghana
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Niger
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Niger
China, North Korea
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
haoussa
coréen
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Koreans
Origin
14
Before 1st century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Chadic
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Hausa
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
haus1257
kore1280
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
Hausa and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Korean language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Korean Difficulty
The Hausa vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.