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Hausa vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
32  
22

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
sannu  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

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

French Name
serbe  
haoussa  

German Name
Serbisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Chadic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Hausa  

Language Position
44  
99+
34  
32

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
hau  

ISO 639 3
srp  
hau  

ISO 639 6
srp  
hau  

Glottocode
serb1264  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Serbian and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Hausa language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Hausa Language History.

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

Serbian vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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