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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
-  
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

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
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
50,000,000.00  
14
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Niger  
India  

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

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 %  
30
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
19.00 million  
31

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)  

History

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
34  
32
4  
4

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Signed Bengali  

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
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  
-  

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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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