Language code: ha

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ha

The table below provides technical details for the Hausa language, designated by the ha code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

ha

Name

Official

Hausa

Native

هَوُسَ

Family
Chadic
Scripts
Text direction

Right-to-Left

Plural rules

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Hausa belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family, specifically to the Chadic subgroup. It is recognized as a national language in Niger and Nigeria, and is also spoken in Benin. Hausa is written using the Latin script (Boko alphabet) and the Arabic script (Ajami). It is estimated that there are more than 54 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Hausa speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

ha-GH Hausa (Ghana)

ha-NE Hausa (Niger)

ha-NG Hausa (Nigeria)

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