{"id":16823,"date":"2010-04-06T10:59:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T08:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?page_id=16823"},"modified":"2010-04-30T15:24:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-30T13:24:15","slug":"hausa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/hausa\/","title":{"rendered":"Hausa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data gathered by the Latin Union<\/a>, engaged to promote the cultural heritages of their 37 state members.<\/p>\n

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Data on Hausa<\/h5>\n

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Alternative names:<\/strong> Gamberi, Afuno, Afnu, Afno, Z\u00e3gwe Mahaba, Kendyi, Hausaawaa, Abapka, Haoussa<\/p>\n

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Classification:<\/strong> Afro-Asian<\/a>, West Chadic A1<\/p>\n

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Area:<\/strong> West Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Nigeria (north), Togo<\/p>\n

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Variants & dialects:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Numerous dialects: Kano, Katagum, Hadejiya, Sokoto, Gobirawa, Adarawa, Kebbawa, Zamfarawa, Katsina, Arewa\u2026 with a fair level of mutual understanding between the speakers of these different dialects.<\/p>\n

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Number of speakers: <\/strong>22,000,000<\/p>\n

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Campbell (2000) counts 25 million mother-tongue speakers of Hausa, and 10 million speakers of Hausa as a second language.<\/p>\n

Verguin (1968) only mentioned 6 million mother-tongue speakers and 3 millions using Hausa as lingua franca.<\/p>\n

Ethnologue.com<\/a> provides a global figure of 25 million.<\/p>\n

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Language status<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
West Africa<\/td>\nTrade language\/lingua franca<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benin<\/td>\nNo official status<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cameroon<\/td>\nNo official status<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Central African Republic<\/td>\nNo official status<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Republic of the Congo<\/td>\nNo official status<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghana<\/td>\nNo official status<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nigeria (north)<\/td>\nOfficial language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Togo<\/td>\nNational\/federal language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Media\/Instruction:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There are several newspapers written in Hausa, as well as a few radio programs.<\/p>\n

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Hausa is taught in the countries holding it as the official language.<\/p>\n

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Vitality & transmission:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hausa doesn\u2019t appear to be endangered. It is used as vehicular language is a large part of West Africa.<\/p>\n

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Historical observations<\/h5>\n

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14th Century: First attestations of use.<\/p>\n

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Abundant literature.<\/p>\n

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20th Century: Latin transcription adopted at the beginning of the century.<\/p>\n

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1930: Latin transcription adopted as the official spelling.<\/p>\n

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1955: Creation of a commission for the standardization of loanword scripts.<\/p>\n

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Sources, bibliography & links for more information<\/h5>\n

VERGUIN, Joseph (1968), \u00ab La situation linguistique dans le monde contemporain \u00bb, in A. Martinet (dir.), Le Langage, Encyclop\u00e9die de la Pl\u00e9iade, Gallimard, pp. 1093-1143.<\/p>\n

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DGLF page<\/a> on Hausa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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