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H. Ekkehard Wolff
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University Professor Emeritus, chairman of African Studies, Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Ger. Author of Referenz Grammatik des Hausa (A Grammar of the Lamang Language) and numerous journal articles.

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Map of West Africa highlighting the distribution of the Hausa language, with dark blue areas showing regions where Hausa is spoken as a first language, medium blue for areas where it is a second language, and light blue for regions where it is a second language within the Muslim community. The map covers parts of Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Benin, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and surrounding countries.
Hausa language
Hausa language, the most important indigenous lingua franca in West and Central Africa, spoken as a first or second language by about 40–50 million people. It belongs to the Western branch of the Chadic language superfamily within the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. The home territories of the Hausa…
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