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Learn Hausa: Numbers, Greetings & Conversation

Learn to read, greet, count and chat in Hausa with an academic guide, short courses, dialogues, quizzes, games and a funny mix-up.

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The academic guideAlphabet, tone, grammar, dialects, greetings, numbers, family words and the main dictionaries, with tables and key terms.→

Interactive courses

Letters and soundsBoko and Ajami, the hooked letters and a few sounds that need care. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Starter Start → GreetingsGreeting is serious business. Learn the exchanges that open every conversation. 3 lessons · quiz · Level Starter Start → NumbersCount to ten, then build bigger numbers. 2 lessons · quiz · Level Core Start → Days of the weekSeven day names, most of them borrowed from Arabic. 2 lessons · quiz · Level Core Start → Family wordsMother, father, siblings, husband and friend. 1 lessons · quiz · Level Starter Start → How sentences workWord order, the person-and-aspect word, plurals and “of”. 2 lessons · quiz · Level Deeper Start → Dialects and neighboursOne language, many accents, from Kano to Accra. 1 lessons · quiz · Level Deeper Start → The text messageA funny mix-up about a missing hook. 1 lessons · quiz · Level Fun Start →

Play & practise

Mix-up quiz10 random questions from every course. Word flashcardsFlip the cards and learn Hausa words and phrases. Memory matchFind each Hausa word and its meaning. Number masterRead the Hausa number and pick the right digits.
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