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Bengali and Hausa


Hausa and Bengali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
India  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
-  

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

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
12  
9

How Many Consonants
40  
29
32  
22

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
sannu  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
gode ku  

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

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
mai kyau dare  

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

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
mai kyau safe  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Don Allah  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
yi hakuri  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
sai anjima  

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

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Gaananci  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
India  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

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

French Name
bengali  
haoussa  

German Name
Bengali  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Chadic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Hausa  

Language Position
4  
4
34  
32

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
hau  

ISO 639 3
ben  
hau  

ISO 639 6
ben  
hau  

Glottocode
beng1280  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Bengali and Hausa Speaking population

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

Bengali and Hausa Language Codes

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

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