Hausa language facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hausa
Harshen/Halshen Hausa, هَرْشَن هَوْسَ‎
Native to	Niger and Nigeria
Region	West Africa
Ethnicity	Hausa
Native speakers	80 million  (2015–2016)e21 20 million as a second language (no date)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic Hausa–Gwandara (A.1) Hausa
Writing system	Latin (Boko alphabet) Arabic (Ajami) Hausa Braille
Official status
Official language in	Niger (national status)  Nigeria (national status)  Ghana (national status)
Linguasphere	19-HAA-b
Areas of Niger and Nigeria where Hausa people are based
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Hausa ( Harshen/Halshen Hausa) is a Chadic language. It was first spoken in Southern Niger and Northern Nigeria. Now many other people in West Africa speak it. It is the most widely spoken Chadic language, with around 47 million people speaking it as a first language.

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  The linguistic groups of Nigeria in 1979

See also

In Spanish: Idioma hausa para niños