Hausa language

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85059313
- info:lc/authorities/sh85059313
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85059313#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Abakwariga language
- Afuno language
- Haoussa language
- Hausaawaa language
- Hausawa language
- Hawsa language
- Mgbakpa language
Broader Terms
- Africa, West--Languages
- Chadic languages
Narrower Terms
- Uwana language
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://stitch.cs.vu.nl/vocabularies/rameau/ark:/12148/cb11948132h
Sources
- found: Cooper, B.M. Marriage in Maradi, 1997.
- found: African ethonyms: p. 156 (Hausa (Hausaawaa, Afuno))
- found: Ethnologue: p. 278 (Hausa (Hausawa, Haoussa, Abakwariga, Mgbakpa))
- found: Voegelin lang.: p. 107 (Hausa (Hausaawaa, Afuno) Nigeria, Niger)
- found: Am. encyc.: Hausa (Of the Chad branch of Afroasiatic languages, is a lingua franca for most of West Africa)
LC Classification
- PL8231-PL8234
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 1997-03-27: revised

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