This website contains information you can use now, fast and. This is a list of the 1,000 most commonly spoken hausa words. The fact that the hausa language has been the preferred language for trade across northern. History of hausa tribe in nigeria according to the popular legend, bayijidda explored the northern land of nigeria now hausaland. Some likely influence from vanished nilosaharan languages on hausa has been proposed. Hausa is used as the language of instruction at the elementary level in schools in northern nigeria, and hausa is available as course of study in northern nigerian universities. It is definitely simplified but surprises inside the fifty percent of the pdf. Presently, the hausa community, which has emerged over the centuries through the absorption of heterogeneous populations, is best defined by its common language.
Hausa language, the most important indigenous lingua franca in west and central africa, spoken as a first or second language by about 4050 million people. Harshen halshen hausa is a chadic language spoken by the hausa people, the largest native ethnic group in africa, mainly within the territories of niger and the northern half of nigeria, and with significant minorities in ghana, sudan, and cameroon. This ongoing process of integrating vast non hausa speaking populations has left its imprint on the language. The romanization of the hausa language, which has been written in arabic script since precolonial times, as well as the origin of hausa language. Hausa language belongs to the afroasiatic phylum, and with more.
Jun 19, 2020 well, any body who wants to have fun quickly learning the hausa language. Hausa language simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hausa represents a place hausaland, a people the hausas, a language and a culture that spans multiple west african nations, with a heavy concentration in northern, nigeria. The fulani conquest and rule of the hausa kingdom of northern. Some of these ebooks are quite large and may take a minute to fully load. Hm0ak8os12gp of the hausa language paperback grammar of the hausa language paperback filesize. Documents in hausa have been printed in romanized form since the late 19th century, but the current version was introduced for official used by the british colonial administration in the 1930s. Look at this site as an introductory lesson to the building blocks of the hausa language. In some places, such as kano, they began speaking the hausa language instead of their native fula language. Other fulani continue to depend on their livestock and have retained their own language, fulfulde, and cultural autonomy. The hausa dominate most of what we refer to as northern nigeria, as well as parts of niger, cameroun, benin republic and ghana. First published in 1988, this book is a landmark in the study of one of the major african languages. I am pleased to let you know that this is the very best ebook we have read inside my own lifestyle. Spoken by an estimated 40 to 50 million people as a first or second language, it is believed to be one of the most commonly spoken african languages, alongside swahili.
It includes hausa which is the leading african language in terms of. By putting this website i was hoping it would motivate my children and myself to learn the hausa language. Study hausa to connect with other cultures and traditions. Hausa over the years through cultural and linguistic assimilation. However, efforts will be made to only bring to light the salient points that will make and introduce the reader to the background of hausa language and its speakers. The fulani swordmen ravage the whole savannah and brought to an end the dynasty in the mighty bornu empire. Jaggar, the author of chadic languages, published in the concise encyclopedia of languages of the world oxford. Hausa history in ehe context of the ancient near eastern world as the ninth century, but firsr refer to particular hausa states in the fourteenth century. It is characterized as a member of chadic group of languages from the afrosiatic language families. In organising this historical overview, i have broken up the history of hausa studies into four periods.
Hausa language and culture online course gani ya kori ji hausar baka is a set of 3 videotapes comprising about 5 hours of natural interaction in hausa filmed in and around kano, nigeria, the more than 90 individual video segments show a broad range of cultural milieus, from domestic interaction in families through a tour of daura, the site where, according to legend, the. Nigeria has the highest ethnic group, language and population density of any country on the african. Pdf the article deals with functioning peculiarities of one of nigeria indigenous languages as hausa. Aksumaxum monophysite doctrine banu hilal transsaharan trade ancient ghana, mali, songhay hausa. Hausa is a chadic language spoken by the hausa people, mainly within the territories of niger. This paper tells us briefly about sambo wali who is great writer of hausa written poetry, former primary, secondary teacher and university researcher. Brief history of hausa language hausa is one of the largest and most widely spoken languages in west africa. And while they are generally regarded as one as hausa fulani, they are, in fact, two separate, albeit similar, ethnic entities dominating the northern. The hausa language lessons material can be used both as a selfguided course or with the assistance of a qualified hausa tutor. The boundaries of hausa ethnicity and hausa culture are language, religion, social values, dress, and historical status. Its capital was moved from sheme to the north to the present site of kano city in king gajemasus reign 109514.
The hausa have also traditionally dominated the military. Hausa language and literature african studies oxford. Number hausa in english 1 kamar yadda as 2 ina i 3 da his 4 cewa, that 5 ya he 6 shi ne was 7 domin for 8 a kan on 9 suna are 10 most common hausa words las mer. It belongs to the western branch of the chadic language superfamily within the afroasiatic language phylum. Teaching hausa language through literature abstract. The natural domestic architecture of the hausa people is a. Some have wrongly assumed that boko haram comes from the hausa because the term itself is from the hausa language. They are nigerias largest ethnic group, with recent estimates putting their population at almost 30 million 1. Hausa aristocracy was replaced by a fulani aristocracy, but these new rulers quickly adopted much of hausa culture. During this time, he came to the rescue of the people of daura the oldest hausa kingdom, by killing a serpent, which up to that time, had prevented the people from drawing water from the citys well, which served as the major source of potable water supply in the kingdom. Abakwariga, adarawa, aderawa, arewa, damagaram, dawra, gaya, gobirawa, habe, hadejiya, haoussa. The chadic afroasiatic language hausa, spoken mainly in nigeria and the republic of. They engage in other occupations too, such as fishing, hunting, leather works, pottery, textiles, blacksmithing and weaving. In addition, several advanced degrees masters and phd are offered in hausa in various universities in the uk, us, and germany.
The hausa language is arguably the most important indigenous language throughout the area of west and central africa. Chapter 1 the architecture of literature and the interplay. Hausa traditional architecture therefore can simply be defined as the art of shaping the environment to serve the requirements of hausa traditions comfortably and efficiently. Hausa as a second language, and the role of the hausa language as a lingua franca in muc. Gods heart is to see them become a strong christian influence as well. The hausa and fulani mixed freely, and today the ethnic group is generally termed the hausa fulani. The different theories about the origin of the hausa people. Linguistic family and orthographic origin of hausa language. This is a comprehensive overview of the hausa people, arts, culture, history language and much more. It is difficult to narrate the history of hausa speaking people compresively in a short chapter of this nature. It deals with the founding of daura, traditionally the oldest city of hausaland, and by extension also with the establishment of other hausa states by foreign immigrants. It is the most widely spoken chadic language, with around 47 million people speaking it as a first language. It was first spoken in southern niger and northern nigeria. Appendix to the dictionary of the hausa language pub.
The following history of the hausa language has been adapted from teach yourself hausa, charles h. The bible in hausa find foreign language bibles in over. Praise and worship hausa language holy rosary catholic parish fct abuja nigeria. The hausa language is thus one of the most widely spoken languages in west africa and africa. Hausa traders, muslim priests, and hausa speaking slaves helped to spread the hausa culture in ghana. Dictionary of the hausa language by robinson, charles h. He added that the language is also used in the promotion of health matters, environmental issues, education, and sundry issues, with the aid of media outfits. As such it is of great significance for the important topics of transcontinental relationships and statebuilding in african history. Today, perhaps 25 million hausa speakers live in northern nigeria. An introduction to the hausa language a little bit of history tarihi a takaice the following history of the hausa language has been adapted from teach yourself hausa, charles h. Hausa is one of the most widely spoken languages in west africa, as noted in kenneth katzners the languages of the world london. This variety is used as subject and course as well as language of instruction in schools, colleges, universities including humboldt university berlin, germany.
These periods, of course, overlap arid are not discrete. At the same time it helped in spreading the hausa language to the areas unconquered by bayajiddas liutenents. Prepare oneself for travel, study, business, or diplomatic career in africa. As for me, the webmaster, my mother is an hausa well zangon kataf in tagama village and my father, an igbo ogbeobi unodu ibolooraifite. Peace corpsniger an introduction to the hausa language. Aug 26, 2020 the hausa language has indeed played significant roles towards promotion of peace in plateau state and on various media houses, he said. And, at the same time, he is historian especially of sokoto caliphate, gobir and kabi kingdoms. Hausa language, the most important indigenous lingua franca in west and central africa, spoken as a first or second language by about. Hausa historically is primarily the name of a language rather than of a people. Hausa is spoken by 4050 million people, mostly in n.
Googles free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between english and over 100 other languages. Hausa people, language, tribe, culture, music, movies, women. Elsevier, 2009, notes that with upward of over thirty million first language speakers, hausa. A similar roman orthography has been adopted for hausa publications in niger. Shehu usuman, therefore, has been ranked among the greatest of the founders of the present day nigeria. But boko haram is mainly from kanuri and fulani as well as other tribes. Moses ochonu is an assistant professor of history at vanderbilt university. Feb 10, 2015 standard hausa has been recognised as the norm for the written language as contained in books and newspapers and also for broadcast in radio and television. Theories on the origin of the hausa states current. The hausacaliphate imaginary and the british colonial. Although english is recognized as the countrys official language, hausa, the native language of the hausa people, is rapidly becoming the chief language of northern nigeria. The first large scale collection of diverse hausa language. Tradition is opinion, belief, practice, customs etc. Learn hausa language lesson 29 telling of time in hausa.
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