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Turkish vs Hausa


Hausa vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
sannu   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
gode ku   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
yaya dai   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
günaydın   
mai kyau safe   

Please
lütfen   
Don Allah   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
yi hakuri   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
sai anjima   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Türkçe   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
turc   
haoussa   

German Name
Türkisch   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
14   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Chadic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Hausa   

Language Position
19   
17
34   
27

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
hau   

ISO 639 3
tur   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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Turkish and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Hausa language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Hausa Language History.

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

Turkish vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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