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Hausa is a language primarily spoken in northern [[OLPC Nigeria|Nigeria]]. It is written in an extension of the [[Arabic]] alphabet.
Hausa is a language primarily spoken in northern [[OLPC Nigeria|Nigeria]] as well as in Niger and some other parts of West Africa.


It is written in ''boko'', a Latin-alphabet based writing system. In the past, and to some degree still today, an Arabic-based system called ''ajami'' was used.
Here's a Wikipedia article on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_people Hausa people].

Here are links to Wikipedia articles on:
* the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_people Hausa people]
* the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_language Hausa language]

Here are links to resources on Hausa language and ICT:
* [http://www.quicktopic.com/8/H/JxKHyg9ccPUVB Hausa charsets and keyboards] (message board begun in 2001)
* [http://www.bisharat.net/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Hausa PanAfrican Localisation page on Hausa] <!-- wiki being recovered on new location; contents of page need updating 2015-10-18 -->

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Latest revision as of 18:08, 18 October 2015

Hausa is a language primarily spoken in northern Nigeria as well as in Niger and some other parts of West Africa.

It is written in boko, a Latin-alphabet based writing system. In the past, and to some degree still today, an Arabic-based system called ajami was used.

Here are links to Wikipedia articles on:

Here are links to resources on Hausa language and ICT: