Countries
Myanmar
  
Nigeria
  
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 in
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Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
50.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Burmese 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 Burmese and Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Hausa language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Hausa Difficulty
The Burmese vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese 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 Burmese and Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.