Hausa

American  

[hou-sah, -suh, -zuh] / ˈhaʊ sɑ, -sə, -zə /

Or Haussa

noun

plural

Hausas,

plural

Hausa

1. a member of an Indigenous people of northern Nigeria and southern Niger whose culture has been strongly influenced by Islam.

2. the language of the Hausa people, belonging to the Chadic branch of the Afroasiatic family, widely used in Africa as a language of commerce.

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Hausa British  

/ ˈhaʊsə /

noun

1. a member of a Negroid people of W Africa, living chiefly in N Nigeria

2. the language of this people: the chief member of the Chadic subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is widely used as a trading language throughout W Africa and the S Sahara

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Example Sentences

Arewaflix will be a service "not only for Hausa films, but also for films in other languages from northern Nigeria", including Nupe and Kanuri, Amart said.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

With some 80 million speakers of the north's Hausa language spread across west and central Africa -- not to mention the vast Nigerian diaspora around the world -- Kannywood's potential market is huge.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

One inconsolable father, whose daughter is still being held captive, told BBC Hausa that his family had been crying non-stop and "it's hard to go back home and look at their faces".

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

The languages recorded included Kikuyu and Dholuo in Kenya, Hausa and Yoruba in Nigeria and isiZulu and Tshivenda in South Africa, some of which are spoken by millions of people.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Richard caught the end of it—“But the man’s ghost came out and spoke to the vandals in Hausa and they left his house alone”—and he envied her belief in ghosts.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie