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
  
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
  
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
215.00 million
  
9
50.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.