The Sahel
Harshen Hausa
A lingua franca across the Sahel.
Beginner Intermediate Professional Kids yard Eré Karin magana
Yard school
A short path a child can clap.
Hausa is spoken across the Sahel. Special letters like ƙ and ɓ are sounds English does not have.
beginner
Wasula — vowels
Five vowels. Length matters. Hooked letters ɓ ɗ ƙ are signs, not decoration.
The five vowels a e i o u — short and long. Hooked letters ɓ ɗ ƙ — the signs English does not write.beginner
Karin murya — tone and length
Hausa has tone. Length on a vowel is a sign: aa, ii, uu.
Signs on a word Hooks and long vowels in living words.beginner
Sannu
Hausa greetings are a small ceremony.
Sannu Start gently. Sannu does a lot of work. Lafiya Health is the greeting. Sunana Offer your name, then ask.beginner
Iyali
Home, parents, the table.
Uba da uwa Name the household. Abinci Ask for water. Sit. Eat. Kasuwa Count, then ask the price.beginner · kids
Launuka — colours
Name the cloth and the sky. A path for children.
Ja da fari Red, white, black — the first three. Kore da shuɗi Green leaves, blue sky.beginner · kids
Dabbobi — animals
The house yard: dog, cat, hen, goat, fish.
A gida Name the animals you already know. Abin da suke yi Run, jump, eat, drink, sleep.beginner · wisdom
Karin magana — first sitting
Magana jari ce — speech is capital. Karin magana is how the capital grows. Towns may correct the form.
Karin magana — first sitting Five to keep in the mouth. Karin magana · sitting 3 Five more. Hear them. Say them. Karin magana · sitting 4 A third sitting. Still beginner.beginner · kids
Jiuna — feelings
Happy, tired, hungry.
Yadda nake ji Name the face.beginner · kids
Abinci — food
Rice, tuwo, milk.
Ina so in ci Ask at the table.beginner · kids
Kirga — six to ten
Keep counting.
Shida zuwa goma After five.beginner
Tambayoyi — questions
Who, what, where, why.
Wa da me Ask clearly.beginner
Aikatau — daily verbs
Do, see, know, give, hear.
The core five The spine of a sentence.