Hausa
Hausa is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Afro-Asiatic language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
Chadic branch of Afro-Asiatic; historically written in the Arabic-derived Ajami script, now mostly Latin (Boko) script. A major trade and lingua-franca language across West Africa and the Sahel.
6 Levels of Analysis for Hausa
Other Afro-Asiatic languages
Frequently asked about Hausa
What language family does Hausa belong to?
Afro-Asiatic.
At which levels can I analyse Hausa?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Hausa one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.