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Sanskrit and Hausa


Hausa and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
12  
9

How Many Consonants
36  
26
32  
22

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
sannu  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
-  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Not present  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
-  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Not present  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
-  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
-  
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
sanskrit  
haoussa  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Chadic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Hausa  

Language Position
23  
21
34  
32

Signed Forms
-  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
hau  

ISO 639 3
san  
hau  

ISO 639 6
san  
hau  

Glottocode
sans1269  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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

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Sanskrit and Hausa Speaking population

Sanskrit and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Hausa on Sanskrit vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Hausa Language Codes

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

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