Hausa language
Hausa is an official language in the north of Nigeria, and a "national language" in Niger.
Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 24 million people, and as a second language by about 15 million more.
Hausa
is spoken in: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Niger
Nigeria, Togo.
Hausa belongs to the West Chadic languages subgroup of the Chadic languages group, which in turn is part of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
Native
speakers of Hausa, the Hausa people are mostly to be found in the
African country of Niger and in the north of Nigeria, but the language
is widely used as a lingua franca (similar to Swahili in East Africa) in
a much larger swathe of West Africa, particularly amongst Muslims.
Eastern Hausa dialects include Kananci which is spoken in Kano,
Zazzaganci in Zaria, Bausanchi in Bauchi, Dauranchi in Daura,
Gudduranchi in Katagum Misau and part of Borno and Hadejanchi in
Hadejiya. Western Hausa dialects include Sakkwatanchi spoken in Sokoto,
Katsinanchi in Katsina, Arewanchi in both Gobir and Adar, Kebbi, Zamfara
and Kurhwayanchi in Kurfey of Niger Republic. Katsina is transitional
between Eastern and Western dialects. Northern Hausa dialects include
Arewa and Arawa. Zaria is the major Southern dialect.
The Kano dialect is the 'standard' variety. The BBC offers a Hausa Service on its international news web site.
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