Hausa
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hausa in British English:
UK [ˈhaʊsə]
How to pronounce Hausa in American English:
US [ˈhaʊsə, -zə]
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- Noun:
- a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
- the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
Word Origin
Example
- 1. In october , malam zakanya isa , a newscaster and hausa translator was the first journalist to be assassinated by the group .
- 2. Mr jonathan hails from the oil-rich and mostly christian southern delta . General buhari is an austere former military ruler from the hausa ethnic group that dominates the north .
- 3. Young and old , rural and urban , ibo , hausa and yoruba : each group sees the world differently .
- 4. All of this seems well beyond the capabilities of a small cult known mainly for its views on secular education . Boko haram in hausa , the main language of the north , means " western learning is forbidden " .