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Hausa vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
10   
6

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria   
Portugal   

Second Language
Nigeria   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
44   
24
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
32   
22
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
sannu   
Olá   

Thank You
gode ku   
obrigado   

How Are You?
yaya dai   
Como você está?   

Good Night
mai kyau dare   
boa noite   

Good Evening
barka da yamma   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
barka da rana   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
mai kyau safe   
bom Dia   

Please
Don Allah   
Por Favor   

Sorry
yi hakuri   
pesaroso   

Bye
sai anjima   
tchau   

I Love You
Ina son ku   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
gafara dai   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Daragaram   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million   
28
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.52 %   
28
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
35.00 million   
27
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   
Português   

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   
Português   

French Name
haoussa   
portugais   

German Name
Haussa-Sprache   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
14   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Chadic   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Hausa   
Portuguese   

Language Position
34   
27
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ha   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
hau   
por   

ISO 639 3
hau   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
haus1257   
port1283   

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Hausa and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Portuguese language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hausa and Portuguese Language History.

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Hausa and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Portuguese language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hausa vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Hausa vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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