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Hausa (/ˈhaʊsə/; [1] Harshen / Halshen Hausa; Ajami: هَرْشَن هَوْسَ) bụ asụsụ Chadic nke ndị Hausa na Chad na-asụ, n'ime ọkara ùgwù ma karịsịa n'ime ọkara ndịda nke Naịjirịa, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin na ọkara ndịda nke Niger, na ndị ka nta na Sudan na Ivory Coast.[4][5]
Hausa
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Spoken in: | Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Benin, and Ghana | |
Region: | West Africa | |
Total speakers: | Àtụ:Sigfig million (native) | |
Language family: | Tafrusyawit Chadic West Chadic Hausa–Gwandara (A.1) HausaÀtụ:Infobox Language/scriptÀtụ:Infobox Language/official | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | ha | |
ISO 639-2: | hau | |
ISO 639-3: | hau | |
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Hausa | |
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Native to | Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Benin, and Ghana |
Region | West Africa |
Ethnicity | Hausa /Hausawa |
Speakers | 50 million (native) (2019-2021)[1] 45 million (as a second language) (2019–2021)[2][3] |
Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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Official status | |
Official language in |
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Recognised minority language in |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ha |
ISO 639-2 | hau |
ISO 639-3 | hau |
Glottolog | haus1257 |
Linguasphere | 19-HAA-b |
Areas of Niger and Nigeria where Hausa people are based. Hausa tribes are to the north. | |
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