Countries
Nigeria
Myanmar
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Myanmar
Second Language
Nigeria
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Not Available
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
sannu
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
gode ku
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
yaya dai
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
mai kyau dare
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
barka da yamma
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Don Allah
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
yi hakuri
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
sai anjima
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ina son ku
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
gafara dai
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Ghana
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Niger
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Intha
Where They Speak
Niger
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
haoussa
birman
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Bamar people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Hausa
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
haus1257
sout3159
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Analytic, Isolating
Hausa and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Burmese language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Burmese Difficulty
The Hausa vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.