Editing Hausa language (section)

===Consonants===
Hausa has between 23 and 25 consonant phonemes depending on the speaker.

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!rowspan=2|[[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]
!rowspan=2|[[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
!rowspan=2|[[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br>alveolar]]
!colspan=3|[[Dorsal consonant|Dorsal]]
!rowspan=2|[[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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!<small>[[palatal consonant|front]]</small>
!<small>[[velar consonant|plain]]</small>
!<small>[[labialized velar consonant|round]]</small>
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!colspan=2 style=font-size:90%|[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|{{IPA link|m}}
|{{IPA link|n}}
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!rowspan=4 style=font-size:90%|[[Plosive consonant|Plosive]]/<br>[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
!<small>[[implosive consonant|implosive]]</small>
|{{IPA link|ɓ}}
|{{IPA link|ɗ}}
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!<small>[[voiced consonant|voiced]]</small>
|{{IPA link|b}}
|{{IPA link|d}}
|({{IPA link|dʒ|d}}){{IPA link|ʒ}}
|{{IPA link|ɟ}}
|{{IPA link|ɡ}}
|{{IPA link|ɡʷ}}
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!<small>[[tenuis consonant|tenuis]]</small>
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|{{IPA link|t}}
|{{IPA link|tʃ}}
|{{IPA link|c}}
|{{IPA link|k}}
|{{IPA link|kʷ}}
|{{IPA link|ʔ}}
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!<small>[[ejective consonant|ejective]]</small>
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|({{IPA link|tsʼ|t}}){{IPA link|sʼ}}
|({{IPA link|tʃʼ}})
|{{IPA link|cʼ}}
|{{IPA link|kʼ}}
|{{IPA link|kʷʼ}}
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!rowspan=2 style=font-size:90%|[[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
!<small>[[Voice (phonetics)|voiced]]</small>
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|{{IPA link|z}}
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!<small>[[tenuis consonant|tenuis]]</small>
|{{IPA link|ɸ}}
|{{IPA link|s}}
|{{IPA link|ʃ}}
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|{{IPA link|h}}
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!colspan=2 style=font-size:90%|[[Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
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|{{IPA link|l}}
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|{{IPA link|j}} {{IPA link|j̰}}
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|{{IPA link|w}}
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!colspan=2 style=font-size:90%|[[Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]
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|{{IPA link|r}}
|{{IPA link|ɽ}}
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The three-way contrast between [[Palatal consonant|palatals]] {{IPA|/c ɟ cʼ/}}, plain velars {{IPA|/k ɡ kʼ/}}, and labialized velars {{IPA|/kʷ ɡʷ kʷʼ/}} is found only before long and short {{IPA|/a/}}, e.g. {{IPA|/cʼaːɽa/}} ('grass'), {{IPA|/kʼaːɽaː/}} ('to increase'), {{IPA|/kʷʼaːɽaː/}} ('shea-nuts'). Before front vowels, only palatals and labialized velars occur, e.g. {{IPA|/ciːʃiː/}} ('jealousy') vs. {{IPA|/kʷiːɓiː/}} ('side of body'). Before rounded vowels, only labialized velars occur, e.g. {{IPA|/kʷoːɽaː/}} ('ringworm').{{sfnp|Schuh|Yalwa|1999|p=91}}<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/21454/HausaPhonology.pdf?sequence=1|chapter=Hausa Phonology|last=Newman|first=Paul|publisher=Eisenbrauns|year=1996|pages=537–552|title=Phonologies of Asia and Africa|editor-last=Kaye|editor-first=Alan S.|editor-last2=Daniels|editor-first2=Peter T.}}</ref>