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Bengali and Hausa


Hausa and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
India   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali 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
Assamese and Oriya   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
12   
9

How Many Consonants
40   
29
32   
22

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
sannu   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
gode ku   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
yaya dai   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
mai kyau safe   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
Don Allah   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
yi hakuri   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
sai anjima   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
India   
Niger   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
bengali   
haoussa   

German Name
Bengali   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Chadic   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Hausa   

Language Position
4   
4
34   
27

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
hau   

ISO 639 3
ben   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Bengali and Hausa Speaking population

Bengali and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Hausa on Bengali vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Hausa Language Codes

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

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