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.

Aliases (10)

Hausa language ×8
Arabic-based Hausa Ajami ×1
Guddiri Hausa ×1
Hausa language (Ajami) ×1
Hausa people ×1
Hausa-language film industry (Kannywood) ×1
Kano Hausa ×1
Sokoto Hausa ×1
Standard Hausa ×1
Zazzagi Hausa ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afroasiatic language → Chadic language → language →
associatedEthnicGroup	Hausa people →
hasDialects	Guddiri Hausa → Kano Hausa → Sokoto Hausa → Zazzagi Hausa →
hasGenderDistinction	grammatical gender →
hasLoanwordsFrom	Arabic → English → Kanuri → Tuareg languages →
hasNounClasses	no productive noun class system →
hasPhonemicTone	true →
hasStandardVariety	Standard Hausa →
isLinguaFrancaIn	Northern Nigeria → Southern Niger → parts of West Africa →
ISO639-1Code	ha →
ISO639-2Code	hau →
ISO639-3Code	hau →
languageBranch	Chadic →
languageFamily	Afroasiatic →
majorReligionOfSpeakers	Islam →
nativeTo	Northern Nigeria → 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	Ajami script → Boko alphabet →
writingDirection	left-to-right (Latin script) → right-to-left (Ajami script) →
writingSystem	Arabic script → Latin script →

Referenced by (82)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jos → Kano → Katsina Emirate → Nollywood → Zaria → Zazzau Emirate ("Hausa language") →	language
Bauchi State → Nasarawa State → Niger State → Sokoto Caliphate → Yobe State →	commonLanguage
Bauchi → Kaduna → Maiduguri → Minna → Yola →	languageSpoken
Chadic languages → Jigawa State → Kebbi State → Sokoto → Zamfara State →	majorLanguage
Hausa ("Kano Hausa") → Hausa ("Sokoto Hausa") → Hausa ("Guddiri Hausa") → Hausa ("Zazzagi Hausa") →	hasDialects
Asokoro → Islamic world → Northern Nigeria → World War I poetry →	hasLanguage
Dawanau grain market → Garki → Gwarinpa → Sharada Industrial Estate →	languageUsed
Borno State → Kano State → West Chadic →	hasMajorLanguage
Jigawa State → Katsina State → Nasarawa State →	majorEthnicGroup
Maitama → Wuse →	commonLocalLanguages
Gombe → Niamey →	commonlySpokenLanguage
Kaduna → Lagos State →	hasEthnicGroup
Afroasiatic languages → West African languages →	includesLanguage
Nigerian Arabic ("Hausa language") → Nigerian Pidgin →	influencedBy
Usman dan Fodio → Voice of America →	languageOfWorkOrName
North East Nigeria → Sokoto State →	widelySpokenLanguage
Hausa ("Hausa people") →	associatedEthnicGroup
Google Translate →	availableLanguage
Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria →	containedEthnicGroup
Katsina Emirate →	ethnicComposition
Kaduna State →	ethnicDiversity
Nigeria →	ethnicGroup
Hausa people →	ethnonym
Samuel →	hasLanguageForm
Nigerian Pidgin →	hasLexicalBorrowingFrom
West Africa ("Hausa language") →	hasLinguaFranca
Northern Nigeria →	hasMajorEthnicGroup
Hausa ("Standard Hausa") →	hasStandardVariety
Nollywood ("Hausa-language film industry (Kannywood)") →	hasSubIndustry
Arabic →	influencedLanguage
Sahel →	languageDiversity
Hausa-Fulani ("Hausa language") →	languageGroupIncludes
Ilorin →	languageWidelySpoken
Chadic languages →	languageWithMostSpeakers
Nana Asma’u →	languageWritten
Chadic languages →	largestLanguage
Nigeria →	nationalLanguage
Nupe language ("Hausa language") →	neighboringLanguage
Songhay languages ("Hausa language") →	neighboringLanguages
West Chadic →	notableLanguageWithMostSpeakers
Hausa people ("Hausa language") →	primaryLanguage
Boko alphabet ("Arabic-based Hausa Ajami") →	scriptContrastWith
Nigerian Arabic ("Hausa language") →	usedAlongside
Arabic alphabet ("Hausa language (Ajami)") →	usedFor
Islamic music →	usesLanguage