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In today’s lesson we are going to learn the Hausa Alphabet.
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Hausa Alphabet
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
| Letter | ـَ | ـَا | ب | ب, ٻ | ث | د | د, ط | تٜ | تٰٜ | ف | غ | ه | ـِ | ـِى | ج | ك | ك, ق | ل | م | ن | ـُ | ـُو | ر | س | ش | ت | ط, ڟ | ـُ | ـُو | و | ی | ز ذ | ع |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPA | /a/ | /aː/ | /b/ | /ɓ/ | /tʃ/ | /d/ | /ɗ/ | /e/ | /eː/ | /ɸ/ | /ɡ/ | /h/ | /i/ | /iː/ | /(d)ʒ/ | /k/ | /kʼ/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /o/ | /oː/ | /r/, /ɽ/ | /s/ | /ʃ/ | /t/ | /(t)sʼ/ | /u/ | /uː/ | /w/ | /j/ | /z/ | /ʔ/ |
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 |