Chadic language of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and neighbouring countries
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L1: 54 million (2021–2023)[1] L2: 34 million (2021–2023)[1] Total: 88 million (2021)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
West
Hausa–Gwandara (A.1)
Hausa
Writing system
Latin (Boko alphabet)
Arabic (Hausa Ajami)
Hausa Braille
Official status
Official language in
Niger (national status)
Nigeria (national status)
Recognised minority language in
Benin
Language codes
ISO 639-1
ha
ISO 639-2
hau
ISO 639-3
hau
Glottolog
haus1257
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
Areas of Niger and Nigeria where Hausa people are based. Hausa tribes are to the north.
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Hausa (/ˈhaʊsə/;[2]Harshen/Halshen Hausalistenⓘ; Ajami: هَرْشٜىٰن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language that is spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast. A small number of speakers also exist in Sudan.[3][4][5]
Hausa is a member of the Afroasiatic language family[6] and is the most widely spoken language within the Chadic branch of that family. Ethnologue estimated that it was spoken as a first language by some 54 million people and as a second language by another 34 million, bringing the total number of Hausa speakers to an estimated 88 million.[1]
In Nigeria, the Hausa film industry is known as Kannywood.[7]
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Hausa (/ˈhaʊsə/; Harshen/Halshen Hausa listen; Ajami: هَرْشٜىٰن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language that is spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts...
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of Nigeria's population are Hausa. They are predominantly Muslim, but some are Christians. They speak the Hausalanguage, although different tribes speak...
Hausa Ajami script refers to the practice of using the alphabet derived from Arabic script for writing of Hausalanguage. Ajami is a name commonly given...
million people. The major native languages, in terms of population, are Hausa (over 80 million when including second-language, or L2, speakers), Yoruba (over...
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which most Eggon People still speak today, they also speak HausaLanguage the regional language of Northern/North Central Nigeria, and English after British...
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and Pakistan. Hausa can also be seen as a lingua franca because it is the language of communication between speakers of different languages in Northern...
is from Katsina State in the northern part of Nigeria and belongs to the Hausa-Fulani ethnic group. Hannatu Musawa is the daughter of Musa Musawa, a member...
attended primary and secondary school in Gombe. The actress is starring with Hausa musician and actor Adam A Zango who she mentions as her mentor in the Kannywood...
writers in a number of languages, including not only English but Igbo, Urhobo, Yoruba, and in the northern part of the county Hausa and Nupe. More broadly...
Hausa literature is any work written in the Hausalanguage. It includes poetry, prose, songwriting, music, and drama. Hausa literature includes folk literature...
sorghum is taken out before consumption. The word waakye is from the Hausalanguage and means beans. It is the contracted form of the full name shinkafa...
"Salamat Hariraya Hadji" (Selamat Hari Raya Hajji) for Eid al-Adha. The Hausalanguage, originally from Northern Nigeria and Niger, is widely spoken among...
the northern (Hausa-Fulani) parts of the country. The Hausa people refer to it as Agwaluma, a term they adopted from the Yoruba language, rather than "Agbalumo...
Dagbani language, taama in the Wali language, nkuto in Twi, kaɗe or kaɗanya in Hausa, òkwùmá in the Igbo language, òrí in the Yoruba language, and karité...
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