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Nepali vs Hausa


Hausa vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
32  
22

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
sannu  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
कृपया  
Don Allah  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
népalais  
haoussa  

German Name
Nepali  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Chadic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Hausa  

Language Position
59  
99+
34  
32

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
hau  

ISO 639 3
npi  
hau  

ISO 639 6
nep  
hau  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
12  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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Nepali and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Hausa language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Hausa Language History.

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

Nepali vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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