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Bhojpuri vs Hausa


Hausa vs Bhojpuri


Countries

Countries
India, No official status  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
0  
15
1  
14

National Language
India  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri 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
Maithili and Magahi  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
43  
23
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
34  
24
32  
22

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
प्रणाम (prannam)  
sannu  

Thank You
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  
gode ku  

How Are You?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  
yaya dai  

Good Night
राम राम (raam raam)  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
राम राम (raam raam)  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
राम राम (raam raam)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
प्रणाम (prannam)  
sai anjima  

I Love You
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
16,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
380,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
India  
Niger  

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.43 %  
31
0.52 %  
28

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
bhojpuri  
haoussa  

German Name
Bhojpuri  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Chadic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bhojpuri  
Hausa  

Language Position
37  
29
34  
27

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bho  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
bho  
hau  

ISO 639 3
bho  
hau  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bhoj1246  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa  
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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Bhojpuri and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Bhojpuri vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Bhojpuri and Hausa language. History of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bhojpuri and Hausa Language History.

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Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bhojpuri and Hausa language. Bhojpuri word for "Hello" is प्रणाम (prannam) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Bhojpuri Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bhojpuri vs Hausa Difficulty

The Bhojpuri vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bhojpuri and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bhojpuri is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.

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