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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  
-  

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  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
99+
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Intha  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
50.00  
99+

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 %  
31
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

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
[bəmɛ̀]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Chadic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Hausa  

Language Position
43  
40
34  
32

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Signed Hausa  

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
mya  
hau  

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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