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Yoruba and Hausa


Hausa and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
17  
7
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
sannu  

Thank You
e dupe  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
yaya dai  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
mai kyau safe  

Please
Jowo  
Don Allah  

Sorry
binu  
yi hakuri  

Bye
bye  
sai anjima  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Ede  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Yorùbá  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
yoruba  
haoussa  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Chadic  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Hausa  

Language Position
49  
99+
34  
32

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
hau  

ISO 639 3
yor  
hau  

ISO 639 6
yor  
hau  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional  

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

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Yoruba and Hausa Speaking population

Yoruba and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Hausa on Yoruba vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Hausa Language Codes

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

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