Countries
India, No official status
Nigeria
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
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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
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Dialect 1
Caribbean Hindustani
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Ghana
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Fiji Hindi
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
Niger
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Tharu Bhojpuri
Daragaram
Where They Speak
India
Niger
Second Language Speakers
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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/
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Ethnicity
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Hausa–Fulani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Chadic
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bhojpuri
Hausa
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
bhoj1246
haus1257
Linguasphere
59-AAF-sa
19-HAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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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.