Hausa

Examples

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• Our driver had a brief shouted exchange in Hausa with the soldier at the mounted gun.

  Academic text (2002)

• In some communities, many non-Hausa individuals have been learning Hausa as their mother tongue.

  Academic text (1993)

• The Hausa word for wind, iska, is the same as the word for ghost.

  Academic text (2002)

• The review of the Hausa cases initially suggested that differences are attributable in part to the economic structure of the respective communities.

  Academic text (1993)

• A series of language-based lessons on Hausa became a classic among teachers and in-service trainers.

  Academic text (1994)

• Trading has "always" been the responsibility of other groups, to the extent that Fulbe leaders often invited traders, such as the Hausa or Kanuri, to develop this necessary activity in their communities.

  Academic text (1993)

• To understand the different politicization of "custom" in the Hausa and ni-Vanuatu contexts, we must examine the particular nature of colonialism in the South Pacific.

  Academic text (1993)

• In the city of Kano, the marked demand for goods, snacks, and meals among other traders and men at their place of work has led many Hausa women to abandon food preparation for their households entirely.

  Academic text (1993)

• In a naming ceremony I attended among Hausa-speaking merchants at the nearby oasis of In Gall, for example, men were entertained.

  Academic text (1992)

• The Hausa language is widely spoken as a trade language in West Africa.

Synonyms

H

Haussa

vsHausa

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A major language many people speak in West Africa and use for trade

is the same language but written with a different spelling variant

Surface Forms

Etymology