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Type Words
Synonyms haussa
Type of west chadic
Type Words
Synonyms haussa
Type of nigerian

Examples of hausa

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Hausa is also being used in various social media networks around the world.
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Indigenous Obro tribesmen know it as yoruba and the Chitta call it hausa.
From the heraldtribune.com
Hausa-Fulani politicians say they want equal rights for their community.
From the bbc.co.uk
Hausa language and cultural ties are strong, but there is little interest in a pan-Hausa state.
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Hausa ceremonial music is well known in the area and is dominated by families of praise singers.
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Hausa has also been written in ajami, a variant of the Arabic script, since the early 17th century.
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Hausa has therefore emerged as lingua franca throughout much of West Africa and the Sahel in particular.
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Hausa is classified as a West Chadic language of the Chadic grouping, a major subfamily of Afroasiatic.
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Hausa is a highly atypical Chadic language, with a reduced tonal system and a phonology influenced by Arabic.
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  • A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
  • The chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
  • Major ethnic group in West Africa, centred in N. Nigeria, active in long-distance trade
  • Drama generally has a popular appeal and owes much to the dramatic style of traditional storytelling; it has focused on social problems, particularly those involving the Hausa family, with its tradition of polygamy. ...
  • Hausa people are members of an ethnic group from areas of Nigeria and Niger, in West Africa, who share a common culture and language
  • The main language in the north of Nigeria. Also the name of one of the main ethnic groups in that part of the country. See also Igbo/Ibo, Yoruba and Pidgin.