Talk:Hausa language

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Contents 1 Yoruba? 2 Alphabet on BBC 3 Niger Scouting 4 Diphthongs

[edit] Yoruba?

Dear all, I have a new friend who was born in Ode Omu then lived in Lagos.He is in England on his own waiting for his wife and children to come over in April.The question that I would like to ask is what is his home language as I would like to write him a few messages and learn a few frazes to make him feel welcome and show him that I care.Please let me know.Colin

Odeomu is in Osun State, which is largely Yoruba; Lagos, too is largely Yoruba. So your best guess is that he speaks the Yoruba language. When it comes to finding Yoruba phrases, you could try Google or you could look for a book on West African languages. Note, however, that Nigeria has over 500 languages, and that while Yoruba is your most likely bet, I am in no way certain of my answer. In the future, you're more likely to get quick answers at the Reference desk/Language. Picaroon 22:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alphabet on BBC

Hi,

BBC Hausa is written in plain Latin alphabet with no special African characters.

Can someone please elaborate on that?

Thanks in advance. --Amir E. Aharoni 09:25, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Niger Scouting

Can someone render "Be Prepared", the Scout Motto, into the Hausa language and the Zarma language? Thanks! Chris 05:27, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Good day,

my name is Hassan Dangambo, Hausa man from kano state of nigeria. Tte word

"Be Prepared" in Hausa language is " A zama cikin shiri " 21:19, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Diphthongs

The article says: "Diphthongs are: /ai/, /au/, /iu/ and /ui/." But it fails to explain which are the semivowels in /iu/ and /ui/. Since the first two examples are falling diphthongs, i am tempted to guess the others are too (that is, /iw/ and /uj/, altho i'm not sure whether in IPA you can use /j/ and /w/ after vowels or only before them). 200.96.95.178 (talk) 20:40, 2 June 2008 (UTC)