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Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by NASTYNASOSO: 3:47pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
Hausa Is World’s 11th Most Spoken Language New research has found that Hausa language, which is widely spoken in Northern Nigeria and other African nations, is the world’s 11th most spoken language. According to Spectator Index, there are 150 million speakers of Hausa language all over the world, two million more than speakers of Punjabi (mainly in India) and 21 million more than German speakers. Mandarin, which is spoken mainly in China, is the world’s most spoken language at 1.09 billion speakers, while English follows in second at 983 million speakers. See full list of leading languages by number of speakers in million: Mandarin: 1090 English: 983 Hindustani: 544 Spanish: 527 Arabic: 422 Malay: 281 Russia: 267 Bengali: 261 Portuguese: 229 French: 229 Hausa: 150 Punjabi: 148 German: 129 Japanese: 129 Persian: 121 Swahili: 107 Telugu: 92 (Ethnologue) http://www.herald.ng/full-list-hausa-is-worlds-11th-most-spoken-language/amp/ 1 Like |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by Mogidi: 3:49pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
But in world terrorism index they're..... Fill in the blanks. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by Afam4eva(m): 3:50pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
Are there more Hausa than Swahili speakers ? 1 Like |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by NASTYNASOSO: 4:01pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
Mogidi:HMMMMMM DEEP INSIDE YOUR COGNITIVE THOUGHTS AND IMAGINATIONS YOU SO BADLY WISH YOU WERE BORN HAUSA SORRY, REALITY CHECK YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO BE HAUSA. 3 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by Zonacom(m): 4:02pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
It's also the second most spoken language in Nigeria after English. Might even be the most spoken indigenous language in West Africa. 2 Likes |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by NASTYNASOSO: 4:13pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
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Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by buhariguy(m): 4:54pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
Mogidi:and idiotic pigs of Biafra are 4th in terrorism index 3 Likes |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by usba: 4:56pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
A thread that shouldn't cause anyone heart ache is already leading some to convulse. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by Nobody: 5:04pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
Mogidi:Just give them credit for promoting their language this far. This is the first time they are doing West Africa proud after a very very very long time. My Hausa brothers, make una collect tiri gbosa!!! 2 Likes
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Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by TheKingdom: 5:24pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
Propaganda... |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by jumobi1(m): 5:26pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
Yea because they’re in other countries outside Nigeria. I don’t think it’s Number one in Nigeria though. |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by kettykings: 5:58pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
seriously i doubt the 150 million hausa speakers , where are they located , if you take half the popultion of Nigeria which is 70 million then add the poeple of Niger and Northern cameroon and northern ghana it is still not upto 120m , does anyone know how they arrived at the figures of 150m |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by xtremrules(m): 7:33pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
I don't know where you got these figures. But Swahili has more speakers than Hausa. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language |
Re: Hausa Is The Worlds 11th Most Spoken Language by baralatie(m): 7:37pm On Feb 12, 2018 |
Afam4eva:yes |
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