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)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Chadic language
language
associatedEthnicGroup Hausa people
linked to: Hausa
hasDialects Guddiri Hausa
linked to: Hausa

Kano Hausa
linked to: Hausa

Sokoto Hausa
linked to: Hausa

Zazzagi Hausa
linked to: Hausa
hasGenderDistinction grammatical gender
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
English
Kanuri
Tuareg languages
linked to: Berber languages
hasNounClasses no productive noun class system
hasPhonemicTone true
hasStandardVariety Standard Hausa
linked to: Hausa
isLinguaFrancaIn Northern Nigeria
Southern Niger
linked to: 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
linked to: 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
linked to: Perso-Arabic script

Boko alphabet
writingDirection left-to-right (Latin script)
right-to-left (Ajami script)
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (273)

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

Arabic influencedLanguage Hausa
Nigeria ethnicGroup Hausa
Nigeria nationalLanguage Hausa
Hausa hasDialects Kano Hausa
linked to: Hausa
Hausa hasDialects Sokoto Hausa
linked to: Hausa
Hausa hasDialects Guddiri Hausa
linked to: Hausa
Hausa hasDialects Zazzagi Hausa
linked to: Hausa
Hausa associatedEthnicGroup Hausa people
linked to: Hausa
Hausa hasStandardVariety Standard Hausa
linked to: Hausa
Nollywood language Hausa
Nollywood hasSubIndustry Hausa-language film industry (Kannywood)
linked to: Hausa
West Africa hasLinguaFranca Hausa language
linked to: Hausa
Islamic world hasLanguage Hausa
Kano language Hausa
Samuel hasLanguageForm Hausa
Sahel languageDiversity Hausa
Songhay languages neighboringLanguages Hausa language
linked to: Hausa
Arabic alphabet usedFor Hausa language (Ajami)
linked to: Hausa
Boko alphabet scriptContrastWith Arabic-based Hausa Ajami
linked to: Hausa
Jos language Hausa
Yola languageSpoken Hausa
Wuse commonLocalLanguages Hausa
Hausa-Fulani languageGroupIncludes Hausa language
linked to: Hausa
Garki languageUsed Hausa
Zazzau Emirate language Hausa language
linked to: Hausa
Minna languageSpoken Hausa
Nigerian Arabic influencedBy Hausa language
linked to: Hausa
Nigerian Arabic usedAlongside Hausa language
linked to: Hausa
Maiduguri languageSpoken Hausa
Zaria language Hausa