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Hausa

DEFINITIONS OF: Hausa

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n a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria

Synonyms:
Haussa
Type of:
Nigerian
a native or inhabitant of Nigeria

n the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language

Synonyms:
Haussa
Type of:
West Chadic
a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member
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