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In today’s lesson we are going to learn the Hausa Alphabet.
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Hausa Alphabet
Consonant phonemes
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-
alveolar |
Dorsal | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| front | plain | round | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||
| Plosive/
Affricate |
implosive | ɓ | ɗ | |||||
| voiced | b | d | (d)ʒ | ɟ | ɡ | ɡʷ | ||
| tenuis | t | tʃ | c | k | kʷ | ʔ | ||
| ejective | (t)sʼ | (tʃʼ) | cʼ | kʼ | kʷʼ | |||
| Fricative | voiced | z | ||||||
| tenuis | ɸ | s | ʃ | h | ||||
| Approximant | l | j; j̰ | w | |||||
| Rhotic | r | ɽ | ||||||
Latin Boko
| Letter | A a | B b | Ɓ ɓ | C c | D d | Ɗ ɗ | E e | F f | G g | H h | I i | J j | K k | Ƙ ƙ | L l | M m | N n | O o | R r | R̃ r̃ | S s | Sh sh | T t | Ts ts | U u | W w | Y y | Ƴ ƴ | Z z | ʼ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /a/ | /b/ | /ɓ/ | /tʃ/ | /d/ | /ɗ/ | /e/ | /ɸ/ | /ɡ/ | /h/ | /i/ | /(d)ʒ/ | /k/ | /kʼ/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /o/ | /ɽ/ | /r/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /t/ | /(t)sʼ/ | /u/ | /w/ | /j/ | /ʔʲ/ | /z/ | /ʔ/ |
Arabic Ajami
| Latin | IPA | Arabic ajami |
|---|---|---|
| a | /a/ | ـَ |
| a | /aː/ | ـَا |
| b | /b/ | ب |
| ɓ | /ɓ/ | ب (same as b), ٻ (not used in Arabic) |
| c | /tʃ/ | ث |
| d | /d/ | د |
| ɗ | /ɗ/ | د (same as d), ط (also used for ts) |
| e | /e/ | تٜ (not used in Arabic) |
| e | /eː/ | تٰٜ (not used in Arabic) |
| f | /ɸ/ | ف |
| g | /ɡ/ | غ |
| h | /h/ | ه |
| i | /i/ | ـِ |
| i | /iː/ | ـِى |
| j | /(d)ʒ/ | ج |
| k | /k/ | ك |
| ƙ | /kʼ/ | ك (same as k), ق |
| l | /l/ | ل |
| m | /m/ | م |
| n | /n/ | ن |
| o | /o/ | ـُ (same as u) |
| o | /oː/ | ـُو (same as u) |
| r | /r/, /ɽ/ | ر |
| s | /s/ | س |
| sh | /ʃ/ | ش |
| t | /t/ | ت |
| ts | /(t)sʼ/ | ط (also used for ɗ), ڟ (not used in Arabic) |
| u | /u/ | ـُ (same as o) |
| u | /uː/ | ـُو (same as o) |
| w | /w/ | و |
| y | /j/ | ی |
| z | /z/ | ز ذ |
| ʼ | /ʔ/ | ع |
Hausa Alphabet and Pronunciation Equivalent in Different Languages
| LETTERS IN
HAUSA |
PRONUNCIATION
ENGLISH SPEAKERS |
PRONUNCIATION
PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS |
| A | ah | a |
| B | b | b |
| Ɓ | B | B |
| C | ch | tch |
| D | d | d |
| Ɗ | D | D |
| E | eh | e |
| F | f | f |
| G | g | g |
| H | h | r |
| I | ih | i |
| J | j | dj |
| K | k | k |
| Ƙ | K | K |
| L | l | l |
| M | m | m |
| N | n | n |
| O | oh | o |
| R | r | r |
| Ŕ | R | R |
| S | s | s |
| SH | sh | ch |
| T | t | t |
| TS | ts | ts |
| Y | ih | i |
| Z | z | z |
| ʼ | aA | aA |