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Hausa vs Serbian


Serbian vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
-  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
gode ku  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Don Allah  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
sai anjima  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

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

French Name
haoussa  
serbe  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
14  
11th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
34  
32
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
srp  

ISO 639 3
hau  
srp  

ISO 639 6
hau  
srp  

Glottocode
haus1257  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Hausa and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Serbian language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Hausa vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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