Hausa

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

All labels observed (13)

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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

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

Katsina Emirate language Hausa
Kaduna languageSpoken Hausa
Kaduna hasEthnicGroup Hausa
Sokoto majorLanguage Hausa
Asokoro hasLanguage Hausa
Bauchi languageSpoken Hausa
Nupe language neighboringLanguage Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Yobe State commonLanguage Hausa
Hausa people ethnonym Hausa
Hausa people primaryLanguage Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Kebbi State majorLanguage Hausa
Gwarinpa languageUsed Hausa
Sharada industrial estate languageUsed Hausa
subject surface form: Sharada Industrial Estate
Hausaland language Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Lokoja languageSpoken Hausa
Jebba languageSpoken Hausa
Zarma language hasNeighborLanguage Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Zarma language influencedBy Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria languageMajority Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Nigerian languageUsed Hausa
Islam in Lake Chad region languageOfPractice Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Diffa languageSpoken Hausa
Diffa ethnicGroup Hausa