Hausa/Lesson 1

Lesson 1 – Consonants Consonants thumb|Màcè thumb|Mùtûm thumb|Tambàrin ƙasar̃ Hausa Hausa has 23 to 25 consonants depending on the speaker and dialect. Any consonant may be geminated (doubled). Hausa ConsonantExample' [ ʔ ]àl'amàrī (matter)m [ voiced bilabial nasal m ]màcè (woman)b [ Voiced bilabial plosive b ]bajì (badge)ɓ [ voiced bilabial implosive ɓ ]tàiɓā (paunch)c [ voiceless palatal plosive c ]cê (to say)d [ voiceled alveolar plosive d ]dādirō (lover)ɗ [ voiced alveolar implosive ɗ ]ɗālìbī (student)f [ Voiceless bilabial fricative ɸ ]fàtàwā (request)g [ Voiced velar plosive ɡ ]gunduwā (slice)h [ Voiceless glottal fricative h ]Habashà (Ethiopia)j [ Voiced palatal plosive ɟ ]jamalā (sentence)k [ Voiceless velar plosive k ]kabàt (cupboard)ƙ [ Velar ejective stop kʼ ]riƙḕ (to hold)l [ Voiced alveolar lateral approximant l ]lākā (mud)m [ Voiced bilabial nasal m ]Masàr̃ (Egypt)n [ Voiced alveolar nasal n ]kātàn (carton)r [ Voiced retroflex flap ɽ ]tambàrī (seal)*r̃ [ Voiced alveolar trill r ]masàr̃ā (maize)s [ Voiceless alveolar fricative s ]sàyā (to buy)sh [ Voiceless postalveolar fricative ʃ ]shìga (to enter)t [ Voiceless alveolar plosive t ]mùtûm (man)ts [ Alveolar ejective affricate (t)sʼ ]gautsī (brittleness)w [ Voiced labial–velar approximant w ]wannàn (this)y [ Voiced palatal approximant j ]yàbō (praise)'y (Nigeria) / ƴ (Niger) [ Creaky voice j̰ ]'yā (daughter)z [ Voiced alveolar fricative z ]zanzanā (smallpox) * Note: r̃ is normally written as r (without the diacritic).