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Hausa uses the Arabic script while Kanuri uses the Latin script. Hausa reads right-to-left while Kanuri reads left-to-right, so the direction of the text flips during translation. Because the two do not share an alphabet, translated output cannot be sounded out from the original spelling — copy the result directly rather than trying to transcribe it.
Hausa belongs to the Afro-Asiatic family while Kanuri belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family. With no shared ancestry there are few cognates to fall back on, so idioms and fixed expressions rarely map word-for-word. Short, literal sentences translate more accurately than figurative ones between these two.
Hausa follows subject-verb-object (SVO) order while Kanuri follows subject-object-verb (SOV). The translator has to rebuild each sentence rather than substitute words in place, so the output will not line up word-for-word with your input. Longer sentences are more likely to shift meaning — splitting them up improves accuracy.
Hausa: Approximately 70-80 million speakers worldwide, with about 44 million native speakers primarily in Nigeria and Niger. Kanuri: Roughly 4 million speakers across Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon.
Everyday phrases translated from Hausa to Kanuri — useful for travel, conversation and learning.
| Hausa | Kanuri |
|---|---|
| Sannu | Salam |
| Barka da safiya | Ngǝlaro suwa |
| Barka da rana | Kawudo ngǝla |
| Barka da yamma | Kawudo ngǝla |
| Barka da dare | Bǝne ngǝla |
| Barka da warhaka | Fajer |
| Sai mun hadu anjima | Daren ruiyeyya |
| Mu hadu gobe | Baliro ruiyeyya |
| Barka da zuwa | Karǝgǝ kǝji |
| Lafiya lau? | Nyi jilibin? |
| Ina lafiya, na gode | Wu nganyi, askǝrngǝna |
| Barka da rana | Yim ngǝla |
| Hausa | Kanuri |
|---|---|
| Don Allah | Martǝne |
| Na gode | Askǝrngǝna |
| Na gode sosai | Askǝrngǝna zauro |
| Barka da zuwa | Nyiga karǝgǝ kǝji |
| Ee | Ee |
| A'a | A'a |
| Ku yi hakuri | Wuga uzur |
| Yi hakuri | Kakkema shigǝnyiwo |
| Babu matsala | Kaziyi ba |
| Tabbas | Tawadu |
| Ina taya ku murna | Karǝgǝ kǝjiro banagǝkin |
| Sa'a | Sa'a ngǝla |
| Hausa | Kanuri |
|---|---|
| Menene sunan ku? | Sunyi ayi? |
| Naji dadin haduwa da ku | Nyiga kǝla kǝltadǝ kǝji |
| Daga ina kuke? | Ndaran nyi? |
| Shekaranka nawa? | Nyi saanəm ndawu? |
| Ni dalibi ne | Wu fuwura |
| Ina nan hutu | Wu na adǝro batallaro |
| Ina nan don aiki | Wu na adǝro cida nankaro |
| Wannan abokina ne | Adǝ sawanyi |
| Hausa | Kanuri |
|---|---|
| Daya | Fal |
| Biyu | Indi |
| Uku | Yakkə |
| Hudu | Diyau |
| Biyar | Uwu |
| Shida | Araskǝ |
| Bakwai | Tulur |
| Takwas | Usku |
| Tara | Lagar |
| Goma | Mewu |
| Dari daya | Miya fal |
| Dubu daya | Duwu fal |
| Hausa | Kanuri |
|---|---|
| Yau | Kudə |
| Gobe | Bali |
| Jiya | Biska |
| Yanzu | Kǝrma |
| Daga baya | Dare |
| Wani lokaci ne? | Sagǝ jilifi? |
| Da safe | Suwulan |
| Da yamma | Kajirjiya |
| Litinin | Lǝtin |
| Juma'a | Zǝma |
| Mako mai zuwa | Magǝ fuwuben |
| Awa daya | Awa fal |
| Hausa | Kanuri |
|---|---|
| Ina bandakin? | Ndaran kasalaramdǝ? |
| Ina tashar jirgin kasa? | Nda shi tasha maara cidibedǝ? |
| Ina filin jirgin sama? | Ndaran faraskəram maara samibedə? |
| Ta yaya zan isa can? | Jilibin nadəro leyin? |
| Juya hagu | Wofilan kawartǝ |
| Juya dama | Kǝmburamro kawartǝ |
| Tafi kai tsaye | Dakkataro lenəmin |
| Yana kusa | Shidǝ karǝngǝ |
| Yayi nisa | Shidǝ cintǝ |
| Na bata | Wu fatkatəgə |
| Ina bukatan tasi | Wuye taksi mǝradǝngǝna |
| A ina zan iya siyan tikitin? | Ndaran tiket yiwumin? |
| Nawa ne tikitin? | Tiketdə jili ndawu? |
| Shin yana da lafiya don tafiya? | Letəro ngəla wa? |
| Hausa | Kanuri |
|---|---|
| Ina jin yunwa | Wudǝ nguwuro nguda |
| Ina jin ƙishirwa | Wu nguda |
| Ruwa, don Allah | Nji, martǝne |
| Tebur na biyu, don Allah | Tewur indiro, martǝne |
| Menu, don Allah | Menudǝ, martǝne |
| Me kuke ba da shawara? | Ayi shima shawariwo? |
| Ina son wannan | Wuye adǝma ragǝkǝna |
| Yana da dadi | Shidǝ kǝji |
| Lissafin, don Allah | Billdǝ, martǝne |
| Ba na cin nama | Wudǝ nama bǝkinba |
| Ina da rashin lafiyar abinci | Wulan allergy kǝmbube mbeji |
| Kofi | Kofi |
| Shayi | Shayi |
| Gurasa | Burodi |
| Hausa | Kanuri |
|---|---|
| Nawa ne wannan kudin? | Awo adə jili ndawu? |
| Yayi tsada sosai | Shidǝ zauro zau |
| Kuna karɓar katunan kuɗi? | Kati kungənaye kasatcin wa? |
| Ina kallo kawai | Wuye biya kurun |
| Zan dauka | Wuye shiga gongin |
| Bude | Katə |
| An rufe | Zakkata |
| Shigarwa | Gaworam |
| Fita | Luwu |
| Ina kasuwa? | Nda kasuwu dǝ? |
| Hausa | Kanuri |
|---|---|
| Taimako | Bana |
| Kira likita | Liyita bowone |
| Kira 'yan sanda | Dalilla bowone |
| Ina bukatan taimako | Wuye bana mǝradǝngǝna |
| Ba ni da lafiya | Wu dondinyi |
| Ina asibitin? | Nda shi liitadǝ? |
| Ina kantin magani? | Nda shi farmasidǝ? |
| Yana zafi a nan | Na allan zau |
| Ina bukatan likita | Wuye liita mǝradǝngǝna |
| Akwai asibiti a kusa? | Litari karəngən mbeji wa? |
| Hausa | Kanuri |
|---|---|
| Ana jin Turanci? | Shi Nasara manajin wa? |
| Ban gane ba | Wuye asunyi |
| Na gane | Wuye asungǝna |
| Da fatan za a yi magana a hankali | Martǝne hangallin manane |
| Da fatan za a maimaita hakan | Martəgəne waltəgəne |
| Da fatan za a rubuta shi | Martəgəne ruwozə |
| Menene wannan ke nufi? | Awo adə maananzə ayi? |
| Yaya kuke fadin wannan? | Jilibin shi adəga gultin? |
| Ina koyo | Wuye likin |
| Ina magana kadan | Gana manayin |
| Za a iya taimaka mani? | Raksǝ wuga banaminna? |
| Ban sani ba | Nongəyi |
Translations are generated automatically and may vary by region or context.
Spoken mainly in northeastern Nigeria, as well as in Niger, Chad, and Cameroon by the Kanuri ethnic group.
Uses Latin script officially, though Ajami (Arabic-based script) is also used informally.
Features include vowel harmony and implosive consonants; stress is generally predictable.
Typically follows Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) order; agglutinative morphology with extensive use of suffixes for grammatical relations.
Includes Arabic, Hausa, and English borrowings due to trade, Islam, and colonization.
Nilo-Saharan family, specifically the Saharan branch.
Primarily uses Latin alphabet in educational and formal contexts; Ajami script remains in cultural and religious use.
Historically written in Ajami; Latin script was introduced during colonial and post-colonial education reforms.
Roughly 4 million speakers across Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon.
Primarily spoken in northern Nigeria, southern Niger, with communities in Ghana, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, and throughout West Africa as a lingua franca.
Uses both Latin script (Boko) with 23 letters and Arabic script (Ajami): A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y, Z
Features 5 vowels and distinctive implosive consonants (ɓ, ɗ), ejective (ƙ), and tone system with high, low, and falling tones.
Subject-verb-object (SVO) word order. Gender system (masculine/feminine) and extensive verbal aspect marking system.
Contains loanwords from Arabic, English, French, and other African languages due to trade and religious contacts.
Part of the Afro-Asiatic family, specifically the Chadic branch, largest Chadic language.
Uses both Latin script (Boko) introduced by British colonizers and Arabic script (Ajami) for Islamic texts.
Arabic script used for centuries for Islamic scholarship, Latin script adopted during colonial period and now predominant.
Approximately 70-80 million speakers worldwide, with about 44 million native speakers primarily in Nigeria and Niger.
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