Hausa

• Alternate names: Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa Also: in Burkina Faso -- Haoussa; in Cameroon -- Haoussa, Hawsa; in Niger -- Haoussa, Hausawa, Haussa; in Togo -- Haoussa, Haussa
• Scriptures published: Bible (1932--2004) New Testament (1880--1965) Portions (1857--1988)
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: Nigeria
• Region: Sokoto, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Bauchi, Jigawa, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Gombe states
• Also used in: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Germany, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
• Religion: Muslim, traditional religion, Christian
• Status: De facto provincial language in Nigeria
• Number of users: 24,988,000 (18,500,000 in Nigeria (1991 SIL); 500 in Burkina Faso (Vanderaa 1991); 23,500 in Cameroon (1982 SIL); 5,460,000 in Niger (2006); )

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Watch The JESUS Film in Hausa
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Hausa
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Hausa on the web
• Joshua Project: Hausa — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Hausa — detailed linguistic information.
• Survey Reports at sil.org:
  • Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Reshe people