History of Hausa

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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. Its had a written form for more than 200 years, which was in an [Arabic script]?, but that has been superseded by a Latin script which was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century. Hausa is a [tone language]?.

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 was used, but this has been superseded mostly by a Latin script which was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century.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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