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Hausa vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
19  
9
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
sannu  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
mai kyau safe  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Don Allah  

Sorry
maaf  
yi hakuri  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
indonésien  
haoussa  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
14  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Chadic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Hausa  

Language Position
56  
99+
34  
32

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
hau  

ISO 639 3
ind  
hau  

ISO 639 6
ind  
hau  

Glottocode
indo1316  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Indonesian and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Hausa language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Indonesian and Hausa Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Hausa Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Hausa 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 Indonesian and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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