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Burmese and Hausa


Hausa and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Myanmar   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Mon   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as 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
Thai Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Pali Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
12   
9

How Many Consonants
33   
23
32   
22

Scripts
Tangut   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)   
sannu   

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)   
gode ku   

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)   
yaya dai   

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)   
mai kyau safe   

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)   
Don Allah   

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)   
yi hakuri   

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)   
sai anjima   

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tavoyan   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
Myanmar   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Intha   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Burma   
Niger   

How Many People Speak
90,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million   
30
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
0.50 %   
29
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
33.00 million   
28
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million   
23
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
birman   
haoussa   

German Name
Birmanisch   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bamar people   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
1113 AD   
14   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese   
Hausa   

Language Position
43   
32
34   
27

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
my   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
bur   
hau   

ISO 639 3
mya   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sout3159   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Fusional   

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

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Burmese and Hausa Speaking population

Burmese and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Hausa on Burmese vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Burmese and Hausa Language Codes

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

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