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Hausa and Bengali


Bengali and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Nigeria   
India   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
11   
8

How Many Consonants
32   
22
40   
29

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
sannu   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
gode ku   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
yaya dai   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
mai kyau dare   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
barka da yamma   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
barka da rana   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
mai kyau safe   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
Don Allah   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
yi hakuri   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
sai anjima   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Ina son ku   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
gafara dai   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Ghana   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Niger   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Daragaram   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Niger   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million   
28
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
0.52 %   
28
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
35.00 million   
27
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
haoussa   
bengali   

German Name
Haussa-Sprache   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
14   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Chadic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Hausa   
Bengali   

Language Position
34   
27
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ha   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
hau   
ben   

ISO 639 3
hau   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
haus1257   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Hausa and Bengali Speaking population

Hausa and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Hausa and Bengali on Hausa vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Bengali Language Codes

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

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