Countries
Nigeria
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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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
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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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4451
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1211
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3240
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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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)
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Chakma
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Hajong
Where They Speak
Niger
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Niger
India
How Many People Speak
50.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2025
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
[hàʊsà]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
14
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Hausa
Bengali
Language Position
344
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
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
hau
ben
Glottocode
haus1257
beng1280
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-