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.

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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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Referenced by (273)

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

APC hasLanguage Hausa
subject surface form: All Progressives Congress
Atiku Abubakar (former member) languageSpoken Hausa
subject surface form: Atiku Abubakar
Garki I hasLanguage Hausa
Muhammadu languageOfUse Hausa
Daura languageMajority Hausa
Hausa Bakwai languageOfName Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Shaykh Uthman ibn Fudi languageOfWorkOrName Hausa
subject surface form: Usman dan Fodio
Central Sudan languageFamily Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Zaria Emirate language Hausa
Hadejia Emirate language Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Zaria Local Government Area language Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Nigerian English influencedBy Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Bida otherLanguageSpoken Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Suleja hasLanguage Hausa
Amir Kano titleLanguage Hausa
Damaturu languageSpoken Hausa
Monguno hasLanguage Hausa
Na Gode language Hausa
Nagode language Hausa
Ajami usedToWriteLanguage Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Ajami hasVariant Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa Ajami
Asa commonLocalLanguages Hausa
Patigi languageSpoken Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language
Tudun Wada languageUsed Hausa
Zaria City Walls culture Hausa
Ilorin West languageUsed Hausa
city of Katsina languageSpoken Hausa
subject surface form: Katsina
Katsina central mosque primaryLanguageUsed Hausa
subject surface form: Katsina Central Mosque
Wunti Market languageUsed Hausa
Jos South languageSpoken Hausa
this entity surface form: Hausa language