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Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers as it is spoken by about 30 million people. It is mainly spoken in the African country of Niger and the north of Nigeria. It has a written form for more than 200 years. First an [Arabic script]? was used, but this has been superseded mostly by a Latin script which was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century. Hausa is a [tone language]?.

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Last edited November 30, 2001 3:28 am by Hannes Hirzel (diff)
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