Countries
Nigeria
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Malaysia
Second Language
Nigeria
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4426
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3224
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
Hai
Thank You
gode ku
terima kasih
How Are You?
yaya dai
Apa khabar?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
barka da yamma
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Selamat pagi
Please
Don Allah
sila
Sorry
yi hakuri
maaf
Bye
sai anjima
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ina son ku
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
gafara dai
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Pekal
Where They Speak
Niger
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Musi
Where They Speak
Niger
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
50.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2024
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
haoussa
malais
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Malaysian people
Origin
14
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Chadic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Hausa
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
3454
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
msa
ISO 639 2/B
hau
may
ISO 639 3
hau
zsm
ISO 639 6
hau
may
Glottocode
haus1257
stan1306
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative