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  1. Hausa Dictionary Online Translation LEXILOGOS

    Hausa language. → Hausa keyboard to type a text with the special characters of the Boko script. • Teach yourself Hausa: Hausa course. • Hausa basic course, Foreign Service Institute (1963) (+ audio) • Hausa online Lehrbuch: Hausa course, by Franz Stoiber (2002) • Hausa by Al-Amin Abu-Manga, in Encyclopedia of Arabic language and ...

  2. HausaDictionary.com

    HausaDictionary.com is an online bilingual dictionary that aims to offer the most useful and accurate Hausa to English or English to Hausa translations and definitions. This site contains a wide range of Hausa and English language materials and resources to help you learn Hausa or English. Pick up some basic terms and phrases here, expand your ...

  3. Hausa Dictionary

    a determiner /ə/ ko /eɪ/ 1. Harafi na ɗaya kuma na ... A & E. noun /ˌeɪ ənd ˈiː/ yana nufin 'accident and emergency' ... a blessing in disguise. (idiom) kyakkyawan abu amma wanda alamomin shi suke nuna cewa ... a bone of contention. (idiom) abun da mutane suke jayayya akai ... a breath of fresh air.

  4. Hausa language

    Hausa (/ ˈ h aʊ s ə /; [2] Harshen / Halshen Hausa listen ⓘ; Ajami: هَرْشٜىٰن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language that is spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast.A small number of speakers also exist in Sudan. [3] [4] [5]

  5. Hausa Language and Culture Acquisitions at Columbia: Biography, Culture

    Hausa Language and Culture Acquisitions at Columbia: Biography, Culture, History, Proverbs, Religion, and Society ... [A pamphlet on the religious & social meaning of the hijab.] Kure, Mai Kudi. Shaida bishara ga Musulmi Hausawa da Fulani musamman ... [1999] (156 p.) [In Hausa, a biography of Usman dan Fodio, & on the political history of major ...

  6. Hausa language

    Hausa is a tone language, a classification in which pitch differences add as much to the meaning of a word as do consonants and vowels. Tone is not marked in Hausa orthography. In scholarly transcriptions of Hausa, accent marks indicate tone, which may be high (acute), low (grave), or falling (circumflex). Hausa morphology is characterized by ...

  7. Hausa

    Hausa, people found chiefly in northwestern Nigeria and adjacent southern Niger.They constitute the largest ethnic group in the area, which also contains another large group, the Fulani, perhaps one-half of whom are settled among the Hausa as a ruling class, having adopted the Hausa language and culture.The language belongs to the Chadic group of the Afro-Asiatic (formerly Hamito-Semitic ...

  8. The Hausa Language (Chapter 1)

    Hausa employs two writing systems dating from the beginning of the twentieth century, one using the Latin alphabet (called boko), the other using the Arabic alphabet (called ajami). Hausa linguistic scholarship over the past century and a half is outlined, including that of Hausa-speaking linguists in Nigeria and Niger in recent times.

  9. The Hausa Language

    The Hausa Language. Hausa is classified as a member of the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is the best known and most important member of the Chadic branch. It is the most widely used in the fields of education and it lays claim to a significant literatures. By way of number, it is spoken by an estimated 40 to 50 ...

  10. Hausa language and alphabets

    Hausa is a West Chadic language spoken mainly in Nigeria and Niger, and in a number of other countries. Estimates of the total number of Hausa speakers range from 72 million to 150 million. In 2018 there were about 53.7 million speakers of Hausa in Nigeria, where it is the de facto provincial language in the northern region, and is used in the ...

  11. The English

    Translations from dictionary English - Hausa, definitions, grammar. In Glosbe you will find translations from English into Hausa coming from various sources. The translations are sorted from the most common to the less popular. We make every effort to ensure that each expression has definitions or information about the inflection.

  12. Hausa people

    The Hausa (autonyms for singular: Bahaushe (), Bahaushiya (); plural: Hausawa and general: Hausa; [15] exonyms: Ausa; Ajami: مُتَنٜىٰنْ هَوْسَا / هَوْسَاوَا) are a native ethnic group in West Africa. [16] [17] They speak the Hausa language, which is the second most spoken language after Arabic in the Afro-Asiatic language family.[18] [19] The Hausa are a culturally ...

  13. Details about the Hausa Language

    Unlike many Western languages, Hausa utilizes pitch variations to convey meaning. For instance, the word "wàtà" (meaning "matter") spoken with a high tone signifies a question, while spoken with a low tone signifies a statement. This intricate system adds depth and nuance to the language, making it a captivating tool for expression.

  14. 21 native Hausa words and phrases and their meaning in English

    Hausa people predominantly occupy the northern half of Nigeria. They speak the Hausa language. This Afroasiatic language is influenced by Arabic because a significant population of people from this ethnic group are Muslims. If you interact with people from this community, you should know some Hausa words to facilitate communication with them.

  15. Hausa Language: Meaning and translation of Hausa words, names, proverbs

    Home >> Languages >> Hausa. Native speakers of Hausa are found in the north of Nigeria, but the language is widely used as a lingua franca in a much large part of West Africa, particularly amongst Muslims. Hausa is now customarily written in Latin though Quranic schools use writing in an adaptation of the Arabic alphabet. More Languages

  16. An Introduction To Nigerias Hausa People

    History. The Hausa states, also known as the Hausaland, were independent political entities founded by the Hausa people, and situated between the River Niger and Lake Chad. It was a political entity with no central authority, isolated up until the mid-14th century. Irrespective of their placements, they had a common language, laws, and customs.

  17. Google Translate

    Google's service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages.

  18. Who are the Hausa People?

    Other minority Hausa people practice a more traditional way of life. Hausa traditional religion is known as Maguzawa. Language . The Hausa language is the most popular language in sub-Saharan Africa. It is estimated that about 35 million people have Hausa as their first language, and about 20 million speakers use Hausa as their second language.

  19. Hausa language

    Hausa ( / ˈhaʊsə /; [4] Harshen / Halshen Hausa) is a Chadic language. It was first spoken in Southern Niger and Northern Nigeria. Now many other people in West Africa speak it. It is the most widely spoken Chadic language, with around 47 million people speaking it as a first language. [5]

  20. Cultural Values, Communication, and Urban Image in Hausaland

    ABSTRACT: This paper explores the cultural values which promote the age-old Hausa custom of living in large urban settlements, and the migration to them from. small rural ones. Three focal concepts are significant. Harka has a range of mean- ings extending from the general one of "life" and "movement," through "social.

  21. Translate Hausa to English

    Hausa-to-English translation is made accessible with the Translate.com dictionary. Accurate translations for words, phrases, and texts online. Fast, and free. ... Hausa. Afroasiatic language family; Primary country - Nigeria; Is spoken in 9 countries around the world; 43.9 Million speakers worldwide; English.

  22. Full List: Hausa Is World's 11th Most Spoken Language

    Share. 2 Min Read. New research has found that the Hausa language, which is widely spoken in Northern Nigeria and other African nations, is the world's 11th most spoken language. Hausa language, the most important indigenous lingua franca in West and Central Africa, spoken as a first or second language by about 40-50 million people.

  23. Hausa Poetry and Songs

    Hausa Poetry and Songs An Introduction to Hausa Poetry and Song. Hausa has a rich literature in poetry and song. In terms of the texts, there is really no difference between poetry and song.Hausa has a single word, wak'a (plural wak'ok'i), for this type of linguistic artistic expression.All wak'ok'i have certain things in common: Sung oral presentation: Artists compose their works ...

  24. Waist beads

    Waist beads. Waist beads is a type of jewelry worn around the waist or on the hips originating from West Africa, they are traditionally worn by women as a symbol of beauty, sexuality, femininity, fertility, well-being or maturity.. Waist beads was commonly made of glass, metal, crystals, gemstones, charms, wood, or plastics, they are typically strung on cotton thread, twine, wire, cord ...