Hausa people - Wikipedia
WEB[18] [19] The Hausa are a culturally homogeneous people based primarily in the Sahelian and the sparse savanna areas of southern Niger and northern Nigeria respectively, [20] numbering around 86 million people, with significant populations in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Chad, Central African Republic, Togo, Ghana, [10] as well as smaller ...
Hausa | Language, Culture & History | Britannica
WEBHausa, people found chiefly in northwestern Nigeria and adjacent southern Niger. They constitute the largest ethnic group in the area, which also contains another large group, the Fulani, perhaps one-half of whom are settled among the Hausa as a ruling class, having adopted the Hausa language and.
Who are the Hausa People? - WorldAtlas
WEBMay 21, 2019 · Who are the Hausa People? A Hausa village in Niger. The Hausa people make up the largest ethnic group in the African continent. The Hausa are mainly in western Africa, and they are found in Nigeria and Niger, where they number about 70 million people.
An Introduction to Nigeria’s Hausa People - Culture Trip
WEBMay 14, 2018 · With a population of over 30 million, the Hausas are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. They are a people of diverse cultural practices with similar homogeneous beliefs and customs exclusively found among their people. Here’s everything you need to know about their diversity.
Hausa language | History, Grammar & Vocabulary | Britannica
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Hausa language, the most important indigenous lingua franca in West and Central Africa, spoken as a first or second language by about 40–50 million people. It belongs to the Western branch of the Chadic language superfamily within the Afro-Asiatic language phylum.
Hausa people - New World Encyclopedia
WEBThe Hausa people speak the Hausa language which belongs to the Chadic language group, a sub-group of the larger Afro-Asiatic language family, and has a rich literary heritage dating from the fourteenth century.
Hausa: The brave people of Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Chad,
WEBAug 19, 2023 · The Hausa people are an ethnic group native to West Africa, primarily concentrated in the Sahelian region of northern Nigeria and neighboring countries such as Niger, Ghana, Chad, and Cameroon.
AFRICA | 101 Last Tribes - Hausa people
WEBThe Hausa are a racially diverse but culturally homogeneous people who originally came from northern Nigeria and south-central Niger. Hausas have long been famous for wide-ranging itinerant trading, and wealthy merchants share the highest social positions with the politically powerful and the learned.
Hausa – Understanding The People, Tribe & Language
WEBThe Hausa tribe is a diverse but culturally homogeneous people based primarily in the Sahelian and Sudanian areas of northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger, with significant numbers also living in parts of Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Chad, Togo, Ghana, and Sudan.
Hausa language - Wikipedia
WEBHausa (/ ˈ h aʊ s ə /; [2] Harshen / Halshen Hausa listen ⓘ; Ajami: هَرْشٜىٰن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language that is spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts of Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Benin and Togo, and the southern parts of Niger, and Chad, with significant minorities in Ivory Coast.
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