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n. - The chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; A member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria.

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  • TWR broadcasts the good news ½ hour daily in Hausa to Nigeria.
  • Hausa is a major trade language for much of Nigeria, Niger and beyond.
  • His people still call the Hausa Muslims ajei, which means “those who trouble us.”
  • The Hausa are a Sahelian people chiefly located in the West African regions of northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger.
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