Hausa/Lesson 1
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Lesson 1 – Consonants
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Hausa has 23 to 25 consonants depending on the speaker and dialect. Any consonant may be geminated (doubled).
| Hausa Consonant | Example |
|---|---|
| ' [ ʔ ] | àl'amàrī (matter) |
| m [ m ] | màcè (woman) |
| b [ b ] | bajì (badge) |
| ɓ [ ɓ ] | tàiɓā (paunch) |
| c [ c ] | cê (to say) |
| d [ d ] | dādirō (lover) |
| ɗ [ ɗ ] | ɗālìbī (student) |
| f [ ɸ ] | fàtàwā (request) |
| g [ ɡ ] | gunduwā (slice) |
| h [ h ] | Habashà (Ethiopia) |
| j [ ɟ ] | jamalā (sentence) |
| k [ k ] | kabàt (cupboard) |
| ƙ [ kʼ ] | riƙḕ (to hold) |
| l [ l ] | lākā (mud) |
| m [ m ] | Masàr̃ (Egypt) |
| n [ n ] | kātàn (carton) |
| r [ ɽ ] | tambàrī (seal) |
| *r̃ [ r ] | masàr̃ā (maize) |
| s [ s ] | sàyā (to buy) |
| sh [ ʃ ] | shìga (to enter) |
| t [ t ] | mùtûm (man) |
| ts [ (t)sʼ ] | gautsī (brittleness) |
| w [ w ] | wannàn (this) |
| y [ j ] | yàbō (praise) |
| 'y (Nigeria) / ƴ (Niger) [ j̰ ] | 'yā (daughter) |
| z [ z ] | zanzanā (smallpox) |
- * Note: r̃ is normally written as r (without the diacritic).