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Hausa
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Countries

Countries

European Union, Malta
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Malta
Gambia, Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo

Regulated By

National Council for the Maltese Language
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Interesting Facts

  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  • 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

Western Arabic Dialects
Yoruba and Igbo Languages

Derived From

Roman Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3044
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

612
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2432
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ħello
sannu

Thank You

Grazzi
gode ku

How Are You?

Kif int?
yaya dai

Good Night

Il-Lejla it-tajba
mai kyau dare

Good Evening

Il-Lejla it-tajba
barka da yamma

Good Afternoon

Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
barka da rana

Good Morning

L-għodwa t-tajba
mai kyau safe

Please

Jekk jogħġbok
Don Allah

Sorry

Skużani!
yi hakuri

Bye

Ċaw
sai anjima

I Love You

Inħobbok ħafna
Ina son ku

Excuse Me

Skużi!
gafara dai

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qormi
Gaananci

Where They Speak

Malta
Ghana

How Many People Speak

520,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Żejtun
Kurhwayanci

Where They Speak

Malta
Niger

How Many People Speak

500,000.00150,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not Present
Daragaram

Where They Speak

-
Niger

How Many People Speak

500,000.0050.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

220
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.52 million50.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.02 %0.52 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.52 million35.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

0.50 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Malti
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)

Alternative Names

Malti
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa

French Name

maltais
haoussa

German Name

Maltesisch
Haussa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[mɔːltiːz]
[hàʊsà]

Ethnicity

Maltese
Hausa–Fulani people

History

Origin

c. 1470
14

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Chadic

Branch

North Abric
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Maltese
Hausa

Language Position

2534
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maltese Sign Language
Signed Hausa

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

mt
ha

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mlt
hau

ISO 639 2/B

mlt
hau

ISO 639 3

mlt
hau

ISO 639 6

mlt
hau

Glottocode

malt1254
haus1257

Linguasphere

12-AAC-c
19-HAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional

Maltese and Hausa Alphabets

Maltese and Hausa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Maltese and Hausa. In Maltese Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Hausa Alphabets there are 44 letters. To learn Maltese and Hausa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Maltese and Hausa languages. The Maltese phonology consist Maltese vowels and Maltese consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Maltese greetings vs Hausa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Maltese and Hausa are Most Spoken Languages.

All Maltese 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 Maltese and Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Maltese and Hausa Speaking population

Maltese and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % 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 Maltese and Hausa on Maltese vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Hausa Language Codes

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