Hausa Language Hub Ikko ikon Allah, Cunkus ɗakin tsumma, Sama ruwa kasa ruwa, tsakiya ikon Allah Shiga da ƙyar, fita da dabara, Maganinka sai an dawo! That's how I know it. Ps, do for other states too, please

Hausa traditional dishes: Waina = Crumpet Tuwo = Firm cornmeal porridge Tubani = Steamed beans pudding Ƙosai = Ground-beans fritter Fate-fate = Corn-grits porridge Ɗanwake = Ground-beans dumpling Dambu = Steamed corn-grits Biski = Steamed millet-grits Alala = Boiled beans pudding

Nobody is changing the name,lol… it’s like telling someone shawarma is a wrap or naan is a type of flatbread

Yakushi: Claw Turewa: Shove Turawa: Push Tunkuɗewa: Knock Tsikara: Poke Sara: Jab Ranƙwashi/Ƙusa: Noogie Naushi: Fist Mintsini: Pinch Mari: Slap Mahangurɓa: Elbow to mouth Kutufo: Punch Gula: Backfist to abdomen Dungura: Nudge Dundu: Fist to the back Duka: Strike Bugu: Beat

Kututture = Stump Gungume = Lumber Reshe = Branch Itace = Firewood Katako = Wood Turke = Stake Gora = Bludgeon Kokara = Baton Sanda = Pole Kwagiri = Staff Kara = Stick Ƙirare = Twigs Sille = Stalk Dauso = Wood cuttings Kashin kafinta = Feather stick Sartse = Splinter Saiwa = Root

‘Yan biyu: Twins Baki biyu: Ambiguous/Bidental Fuska biyu: Double-faced Gida biyu: Two portions/Alternative Hannu biyu: Open arms Hawa biyu: Two-story Juna biyu: Pregnancy Kai biyu: Double edged Kwana biyu: A while Ruɓi biyu: Two ply Ruwa biyu: Half-caste Tufka biyu: Two strands

There’s Hausa written in the Burj Khalifa and Yoruba on other landmarks in Dubai. I’m elated anytime I see such things because it still represents my country. My sister worked a job as a Hausa translator in the UK & none of her clients were from Nigeria. Hausa is international.

All the time: Duk lokuta Always: Kodayaushe Commonly: Sau da yawa Constantly: Ba ƙaƙƙautawa Frequently: A-kai-a-kai Mostly: Mafi yawan lokuta Often: Galibi Regularly: Ba fashi Repeatedly: Mai maimaituwa Routinely: Ya sha faruwa Time and again: Ba sau ɗaya ba Usually: Yawanci

Do more = Ƙara ƙaimi Forever more = Har abadan abada Furthermore = Daɗin daɗawa Learn more= Ƙara sani Many more= Ƙari kan ƙari More or less = Kimanin Moreover = Bugu da ƙari No more= Ya mutu/ƙare Nothing more = Babu saura Say no more= Ba sai ka ƙarasa ba Tell me more = Ina jin ka

Dattako: Maturity Dattijantaka: Uprightness Gaskiya: Honesty Karamci: Generosity Kirki: Kindness Kunya: Shyness Kyautatawa: Kindliness Ƙanƙan-da-kai: Modesty Manta-baya: Magnanimity Mutunci: Integrity Nagarta: Virtue Tawali'u: Humility Yakana: Bashfulness Zuciya-ɗaya: Sincerity

Google introduces 15 more African languages across Voice Search, talk-to-type on Gboard and Google Translate dictation The new languages are Chichewa, Hausa, Igbo, Kikuyu, Nigerian Pidgin, Oromo, Rundi, Shona, Somali, Tigrinya, Twi and Yoruba. blog.google/around-the-glo…

Wanne ya fi fassara "Payment overdue" zuwa Hausa? #tambaya #Hausa

Ant = Tururuwa Bedbug = Kuɗin-cizo Bee = Zuma Beetle = Buzuzu Butterfly = Filfilo Cockroach = Kyankyaso Firefly = Maƙyallu Flea = Ƙuma Fly = Ƙuda Grasshopper = Fara Leech = Matsattsaku Lice = Ƙwarƙwata Mosquito = Sauro Spider = Gizo/Tautau Termite = Gara Tick = Kaska Worm =Tsutsa

Gurjiya = Bambara nut Usman Musa

#HIBAF24 VIRTUAL PANEL ONGOING 🚨 Join the final panel discussion for today! Hausa in the diaspora, with our panelists joining in from different time zones. Moderated by Mazhun, in conversation with عائشة & Marzuq Ungogo #HIBAF24

Sultan Mohammed Rumfa of Kano (1463-1499) was credited to have introduced into Hausaland the ‘#Ajami’, a modified form of Arabic alphabets used to write in non-Arabic languages. This coincided with the rise of Kano as a commercial hub on the central route of the Trans-Saharn

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Cyffer pointed out that despite having a comparable number of speakers to Finnish, Kanuri "remains neglected in academic research." dw.com/en/the-nigeria…

When Trump rated “tariff” more “beautiful than love”, few knew its roots stretch back to Arabic ta’rif, Ottoman trade routes, and protectionist policies in 15th-century Istanbul 🔗 trt.world/vzcb

Why does English want our languages to ditch ours through bossy digital universalization and localization?