• Hausa Ajami script refers to the practice of using the alphabet derived from Arabic script for writing of Hausa language. Ajami is a name commonly given...
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    Hausa (/ˈhaʊsə/; Harshen/Halshen Hausa listen; Ajami: هَرْشٜىٰن هَوْسَا) is a Chadic language that is spoken by the Hausa people in the northern parts...
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    The Hausa (autonyms for singular: Bahaushe (m), Bahaushiya (f); plural: Hausawa and general: Hausa; exonyms: Ausa; Ajami: مُتَنٜىٰنْ هَوْسَا / هَوْسَاوَا)...
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  • orthography for Hausa was adopted and the Ajami script declined in popularity. Some anti-colonial groups and movements continued to use Ajami. An Islamic...
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  • Hausa–Fulani are people of mixed Hausa and Fulani origin. They are primarily found in the Northern region of Nigeria, most of whom speak a variant of Hausa...
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  • The Swahili Ajami script refers to the alphabet derived from the Arabic script that is used for the writing of the Swahili language. Ajami is a name commonly...
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  • of Northern Nigeria that wrote its native language in 'Ajami script' than the urban-rural Hausa community. Fulɓe people of Northern Nigeria have a rich...
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    Ajam (redirect from Ajami)
    refers to the Ajami script or the writing of local languages such as Hausa and Fulani in the Arabic alphabet.[citation needed] In Zanzibar ajami and ajamo...
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    and Dobronravin, Nikolay. "Standardisation Tendencies in Kanuri and Hausa Ajami Writings". Creating Standards: Interactions with Arabic script in 12...
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    the Hausa language was written in an Arabic script called Ajami. At the time, the Hausa had no means of archiving their works for the future. Early...
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