Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Nigeria
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
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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
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Dialect 1
Chakma
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Hajong
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Niger
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Rarhi
Daragaram
Where They Speak
India
Niger
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
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Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Chadic
Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bengali
Hausa
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
beng1280
haus1257
Linguasphere
59-AAF-u
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Bengali 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 Bengali and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bengali and Hausa language. Bengali word for "Hello" is হ্যালো (Hyālō) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Bengali Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bengali vs Hausa Difficulty
The Bengali vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bengali 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 Bengali and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bengali and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bengali is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.