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Hausa vs Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
0  
15

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
India  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
32  
22
34  
24

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
gode ku  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
Don Allah  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
sai anjima  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
380,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Niger  
India  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
0.43 %  
33

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
38.00 million  
23

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
haoussa  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Bhojpuri speakers  

History

Origin
14  
19th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
34  
32
37  
34

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Bhojpuri Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
bho  

ISO 639 3
hau  
bho  

ISO 639 6
hau  
bho  

Glottocode
haus1257  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
59-AAF-sa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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Hausa and Bhojpuri Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Bhojpuri language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Bhojpuri language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Bhojpuri language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hausa and Bhojpuri Language History.

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Hausa and Bhojpuri Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hausa and Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Bhojpuri language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hausa vs Bhojpuri Difficulty

The Hausa vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Bhojpuri Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hausa and Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.

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