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Record 1 2014-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A language of the Hausa people, belonging to the Chadic branch of the Afroasiatic family, widely used in Africa as a language of commerce.

CONT

Native speakers of Hausa, the Hausa people are mostly to be found in Niger and in the north of Nigeria, but the language is used as a trade language across a much larger swathe of West Africa (Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, etc.), Central Africa (Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea) and northwestern Sudan, particularly amongst Muslims.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
OBS

Langue parlée en Afrique de l’Ouest, au Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Soudan, et Togo.

OBS

Importante langue véhiculaire en Afrique de l'Ouest.

Key term(s)
  • hawsa

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