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Hausa (/ ˈ h aʊ s ə /; [2] Harshen / Halshen Hausa listen ⓘ; Ajami: هَرْشٜىٰن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language that is spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast.
Paul Newman (born 1937) is an American linguist active in the study of African languages.He writes on the Hausa language of Nigeria and on the Chadic language family.He wrote the Modern Hausa-English Dictionary (1977), co-authored with his wife, Roxana Ma Newman, and The Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar (2000).
George Percy Bargery OBE (1 October 1876 – 2 August 1966) was an English missionary and linguist from Exeter, Devon. [1]Bargery was born in Exeter, where he was educated at Hele's School and Islington College.
Boko (or bookoo) is a Latin-script alphabet used to write the Hausa language. The first boko alphabet was devised by Europeans in the early 19th century, [1] and developed in the early 20th century by the British and French colonial authorities. It was made the official Hausa alphabet in 1930. [2]
Dogo Listen ⓘ is a masculine name of Hausa origins, West Africa. Dogo means "tall, long or high". Dogo means "tall, long or high". It is usually given as a nickname to tall men and boys.
Hausa Ajami script refers to the practice of using the alphabet derived from Arabic script for writing of Hausa language. [1]Ajami is a name commonly given to alphabets derived from Arabic script for the use of various African languages, from Swahili to Hausa, Fulfulde, and Wolof.
Translations of Genesis, Exodus, the Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles into the Hausa Language (1857-1861) Grammar of the Haussa Language (1862) Dictionary of the Hausa Language (1876) Vocabulary of the Mende language (1884) [7] Magana Hausa: Hausa Stories and Fables (1885) [8] His papers are archived at the University of Birmingham. [1] [9]
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