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Hausa vs Burmese


Burmese vs Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Thai Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
32  
22
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Myanmar  

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

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Burma  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
10.00 million  
99+

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
[hàʊsà]  
[bəmɛ̀]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
14  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
34  
32
43  
40

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
bur  

ISO 639 3
hau  
mya  

ISO 639 6
hau  
mya  

Glottocode
haus1257  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Hausa and Burmese Language History

Comparison of Hausa vs Burmese language history gives us differences between origin of Hausa and Burmese language. History of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD. 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 Burmese Language History.

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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.

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