Hausa

E6832
Afroasiatic language Chadic language language

Hausa is a major Chadic language spoken primarily in northern Nigeria and southern Niger, serving as a widespread lingua franca across West Africa.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Hausa canonical 227
Hausa language 35
Arabic-based Hausa Ajami 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Chadic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hausa people
hasDialects Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Guddiri Hausa

Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kano Hausa

Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sokoto Hausa

Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zazzagi Hausa
hasGenderDistinction grammatical gender ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Kanuri ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Tuareg languages
hasNounClasses no productive noun class system ⓘ
hasPhonemicTone true ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standard Hausa
isLinguaFrancaIn Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
surface form: Southern Niger

parts of West Africa ⓘ
ISO639-1Code ha ⓘ
ISO639-2Code hau ⓘ
ISO639-3Code hau ⓘ
languageBranch Chadic ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
surface form: Afroasiatic
majorReligionOfSpeakers Islam ⓘ
nativeTo Northern Nigeria ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
surface form: Southern Niger
primaryWordOrder SVO ⓘ
region Sahel ⓘ
Savanna belt of West Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Benin ⓘ
Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Ghana ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Togo ⓘ
West Africa ⓘ
subfamily West Chadic ⓘ
usedInEducation medium of instruction in parts of Nigeria ⓘ
usedInMedia radio broadcasting in West Africa ⓘ
television broadcasting in West Africa ⓘ
usedInReligion Islamic preaching in West Africa ⓘ
usesAlphabet Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
surface form: Ajami script

Boko alphabet ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right (Latin script) ⓘ
right-to-left (Ajami script) ⓘ
writingSystem Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (273)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabic → influencedLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
Nigeria → ethnicGroup → Hausa ⓘ
Nigeria → nationalLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
West African languages → includesLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
Hausa → hasDialects → Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kano Hausa
Hausa → hasDialects → Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sokoto Hausa
Hausa → hasDialects → Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guddiri Hausa
Hausa → hasDialects → Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zazzagi Hausa
Hausa → associatedEthnicGroup → Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa people
Hausa → hasStandardVariety → Hausa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Hausa
Northern Nigeria → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Hausa ⓘ
Northern Nigeria → hasLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
Nollywood → language → Hausa ⓘ
Nollywood → hasSubIndustry → Hausa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa-language film industry (Kannywood)
West Africa → hasLinguaFranca → Hausa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
Islamic world → hasLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
Afroasiatic languages → includesLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
Kano → language → Hausa ⓘ
Samuel → hasLanguageForm → Hausa ⓘ
Voice of America → languageOfWorkOrName → Hausa ⓘ
Sahel → languageDiversity → Hausa ⓘ
Songhay languages → neighboringLanguages → Hausa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Islamic music → usesLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
Arabic alphabet → usedFor → Hausa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa language (Ajami)
West Chadic → hasMajorLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
West Chadic → notableLanguageWithMostSpeakers → Hausa ⓘ
Boko alphabet → scriptContrastWith → Hausa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabic-based Hausa Ajami
World War I poetry → hasLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
Nigerian Pidgin → influencedBy → Hausa ⓘ
Nigerian Pidgin → hasLexicalBorrowingFrom → Hausa ⓘ
Sokoto Caliphate → commonLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
Jos → language → Hausa ⓘ
Yola → languageSpoken → Hausa ⓘ
Usman dan Fodio → languageOfWorkOrName → Hausa ⓘ
Nana Asma’u → languageWritten → Hausa ⓘ
Wuse → commonLocalLanguages → Hausa ⓘ
Hausa-Fulani → languageGroupIncludes → Hausa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Garki → languageUsed → Hausa ⓘ
Zazzau Emirate → language → Hausa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Gombe → commonlySpokenLanguage → Hausa ⓘ
Minna → languageSpoken → Hausa ⓘ
Nigerian Arabic → influencedBy → Hausa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Nigerian Arabic → usedAlongside → Hausa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria → containedEthnicGroup → Hausa ⓘ
Maiduguri → languageSpoken → Hausa ⓘ
Lagos State → hasEthnicGroup → Hausa ⓘ
Zaria → language → Hausa ⓘ
Maitama → commonLocalLanguages → Hausa ⓘ
Katsina Emirate → ethnicComposition → Hausa ⓘ