Hausa language
Hausa (ISO 639-3 code hau) is a language of the Afro-Asiatic family spoken in Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad. It has about 77,000,000 speakers.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | hau |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | haus1257 |
| Family | Afro-Asiatic |
| Area | Africa |
| Countries | Burkina Faso, Benin, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, Chad |
| Speakers (estimate) | 77,000,000 |
Hausa words
- abu
- alama
- albarka
- amana
- anini
- asali
- aya
- baba
- baka
- baki
- bara
- baƙi
- biya
- boko
- buta
- buƙata
- cali
- cigaba
- citta
- dala
- dama
- dogara
- duma
- fari
Related languages
Other Afro-Asiatic languages, nearest first.
- Bade250,000 speakers
- Saya150,000 speakers
- Ngizim80,000 speakers
- Warji77,700 speakers
- Tahaggart Tamahaq62,000 speakers
- Ngamo60,000 speakers
- Buduma54,800 speakers
- Dangaléat45,000 speakers
- Daba25,000 speakers
- Bana23,000 speakers
- Kabalai17,885 speakers
- Sukur15,000 speakers
More about Hausa
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.