Hausa belongs to the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family and is by far the largest language in that branch. It is spoken as a first language by more than 50 million people in northern Nigeria and southern Niger, and by tens of millions more across West Africa as a trade language, reaching into Ghana, Cameroon and Chad. The dialect of Kano, the great commercial city of northern Nigeria, serves as the standard. Hausa is a tonal language and is written in two scripts: Boko, based on the Latin alphabet and used in education and print, and Ajami, an older Arabic-based script still seen in religious contexts. International broadcasters take it seriously; the BBC, Voice of America and Deutsche Welle all run Hausa-language services.
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