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Japanese and Hausa


Hausa and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Japan  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Africa  

Minority Language
Palau  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
14  
4
32  
22

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
sannu  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
日本語  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

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

French Name
japonais  
haoussa  

German Name
Japanisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
1185  
14  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Chadic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Hausa  

Language Position
8  
8
34  
32

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
hau  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
hau  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
hau  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Japanese and Hausa Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Hausa Speaking population

Japanese and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Hausa on Japanese vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Hausa Language Codes

Japanese and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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