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===''Ajami'' (Arabic)=== {{main|Hausa Ajami}} Hausa has also been written in ''[[Hausa Ajami|ajami]]'', an [[Arabic script|Arabic alphabet]], since the early 17th century. The first known work to be written in Hausa is Riwayar Nabi Musa by Abdullahi Suka in the 17th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hausa language |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hausa-language |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Britannica |language=en}}</ref>{{fix|text=these early texts were written in Arabic}} There is no standard system of using ''ajami'', and different writers may use letters with different values. Short vowels are written regularly with the help of [[ḥarakāt|vowel mark]]s, which are seldom used in Arabic texts other than the Quran. Many medieval Hausa manuscripts in ''ajami'', similar to the [[Timbuktu Manuscripts]], have been discovered recently; some of them even describe [[constellation]]s and [[Islamic calendars|calendar]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |last = Verde |first = Tom |title = From Africa, in Ajami |work = Saudi Aramco World |access-date = 2014-05-25 |date = October 2011 |url = http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/201105/from.africa.in.ajami.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141130201717/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/201105/from.africa.in.ajami.htm |archive-date = 2014-11-30 |url-status = dead }}</ref> As [[Hausa Ajami]] script was never recognized and regulated officially, there has never been a top down imposition of a unified convention. Standardization of letters in Ajami has happened over time and in various stages, in synch with neighbouring Ajami traditions, as well as external factors.<ref name="dobronravine">Dobronravine, N., Philips, J.E., 2004. Hausa ajami literature and script: colonial innovations and post-colonial myths in northern Nigeria. Lang. Africa 15, 85–110. Retrieved from. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/25653414]. ([https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nikolay-Dobronravin/publication/260466986_HAUSA_AJAMI_LITERATURE_AND_SCRIPT_COLONIAL_INNOVATIONS_AND_POST-COLONIAL_MYTHS_IN_NORTHERN_NIGERIA/links/57222ffe08aef9c00b7c61f8/HAUSA-AJAMI-LITERATURE-AND-SCRIPT-COLONIAL-INNOVATIONS-AND-POST-COLONIAL-MYTHS-IN-NORTHERN-NIGERIA.pdf PDF Access])</ref><ref name="bondarev"/> In [[Niger]] and [[Nigeria]], there exists two general orthographic traditions, each derived from two Quranic orthographic practices.<ref>A.Brockett, ''Studies in Two Transmission of the Qur'an'', doctorate thesis, University of St. Andrews,Scotland, 1984, p.138</ref> One of these is based on the Quran recitation and inscription of the 8th century religious scholar [[Hafs|Hafs ibn Sulayman]], the other based on the Quran recitation and inscription of another 8th Century scholar, [[Warsh]]. ''Hafs'' tradition is the most popular across the [[Muslim world]], and especially in [[Egypt]], the [[Levant]], and the [[Arabian Peninsula]]. ''Warsh'' tradition is the second most popular tradition across the [[Muslim world]], and has been especially popular in [[North Africa]], [[West Africa]], and [[Andalusia]]. For example, vowels in Hausa Ajami script, including representation of vowel [e], and differentiation of short versus long vowels, were one of the first aspects to be unified and standardized. Consonants on the other hand, especially consonant letters for representing sounds that don't exist in Arabic, took longer to become standardized. Some new letters were even coined in the late 19th and early 20th century, and because of the direct influence of the [[Boko alphabet]] (Latin alphabet). For example, whereas previously in writing, sounds [b] and [ɓ] may have usually been written with a singe letter ''ba'' '{{script/Arabic|ب}}', it was the innovation of introducing the separate letter in Latin alphabet that created an impetus for scholars writing in Ajami script, to innovate and introduce a separate Ajami letter for the distinct sound as well.<ref name="bondarev">Bondarev, Dmitry and Dobronravin, Nikolay and Bondarev, Dmitry and Gori, Alessandro and Souag, Lameen. Standardisation Tendencies in Kanuri and Hausa Ajami Writings. 2019. DOI: 10.1515/9783110639063-010</ref> Below is the list of letters of Hausa Ajami, in both [[Warsh]] and [[Hafs]] traditions. Beige highlight marks letters that are only used for writing of loan words of Arabic or European origin. Green highlight marks letters that are innovations of Hausa orthography and are not used in [[Arabic language]]. {| |- style="vertical-align: top;" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+Hausa Ajami (Warsh Convention)<ref name="bondarev"/><ref name="Git">{{cite web | url=https://r12a.github.io/scripts/arab/ha.html | title=Hausa (Ajami) orthography notes }}</ref> |- !Letter<Br>(Naskh) !Letter<Br>(Hausawi/Kanuri) !Latin Equivalent !IPA ! [[Arabic script in Unicode|Unicode]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ا}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ا}}</span> | - <Br> A a | {{IPAblink|∅}}/{{IPAblink|ʔ}}/{{IPAblink|a|aː}} | [[:wiktionary: ا|U+0627]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ب}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ب}}</span> | B b | {{IPAblink|b}} | [[:wiktionary: ب|U+0628]] |-bgcolor="#d0dead" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ݑ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ݑ}}</span> | Ɓ ɓ | {{IPAblink|ɓ}} | [[:wiktionary: ݑ|U+0751]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ت}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ت}}</span> | T t | {{IPAblink|t}} | [[:wiktionary: ت|U+062A]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ث}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ث}}</span> | C c | {{IPAblink|t͡ʃ}} | [[:wiktionary: ث|U+062B]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ج}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ج}}</span> | J j | {{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}} | [[:wiktionary: ج|U+062C]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ح}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ح}}</span> | H h | {{IPAblink|h}} | [[:wiktionary: ح|U+062D]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|خ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|خ}}</span> | H h<Br>(Kh kh) | {{IPAblink|h}} | [[:wiktionary: خ|U+062E]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|د}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|د}}</span> | D d | {{IPAblink|d}} | [[:wiktionary: د|U+062F]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ذ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ذ}}</span> | Z z | {{IPAblink|z}} | [[:wiktionary: ذ|U+0630]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ر}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ر}}</span> | R r | {{IPAblink|ɽ}}/{{IPAblink|ɾ}} | [[:wiktionary: ر|U+0631]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ز}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ز}}</span> | Z z | {{IPAblink|z}} | [[:wiktionary: ز|U+0632]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|س}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|س}}</span> | S s | {{IPAblink|s}} | [[:wiktionary: س|U+0633]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ش}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ش}}</span> | Sh sh ({{flagicon|Nigeria}})<br>Ch ch({{flagicon|Niger}}) | {{IPAblink|ʃ}} | [[:wiktionary: ش|U+0634]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ص}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ص}}</span> | S s | {{IPAblink|s}} | [[:wiktionary: ص|U+0635]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ض}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ض}}</span> | L l | {{IPAblink|l}} | [[:wiktionary: ض|U+0636]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ط}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ط}}</span> | Ɗ ɗ | {{IPAblink|ɗ}} | [[:wiktionary: ط|U+0637]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ظ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ظ}}</span> | Z z | {{IPAblink|z}} | [[:wiktionary: ظ|U+0638]] |-bgcolor="#d0dead" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ڟ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ڟ}}</span> | Ts ts | {{IPAblink|t͡s}}/{{IPAblink|sʼ}} | [[:wiktionary: ڟ|U+069F]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ع}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ع}}</span> | ʼ | {{IPAblink|∅}}/{{IPAblink|ʔ}} | [[:wiktionary: ع|U+0639]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|غ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|غ}}</span> | G g | {{IPAblink|ɡ}} | [[:wiktionary: غ|U+063A]] |-bgcolor="#d0dead" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ڠ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ࣃ}}</span> | Gw gw<br>Gy gy | {{IPAblink|◌ʷ|ɡʷ }}/{{IPAblink|◌ʲ|ɡʲ}} | [[:wiktionary: ࣃ|U+08C3]]<br>([[:wiktionary: ڠ|U+06A0]]) |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ࢻـ ࢻ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ࢻـ ࢻ}}</span> | F f | {{IPAblink|ɸ}}/{{IPAblink|f}} | [[:wiktionary: ࢻ|U+088B]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ڥ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ڥ}}</span> | P p | {{IPAblink|p}} | [[:wiktionary: ڥ|U+06A5]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ࢼـ ࢼ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ࢼـ ࢼ}}</span> | Ƙ ƙ | {{IPAblink|ƙ}} | [[:wiktionary: ࢼ|U+08BC]] |-bgcolor="#d0dead" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ڨ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ࣄـ ࣄ}}</span> | Ƙw ƙw<br>Ƙy ƙy | {{IPAblink|◌ʷ|ƙʷ}}/{{IPAblink|◌ʲ|ƙʲ}} | [[:wiktionary: ࣄ|U+08C4]]<br>([[:wiktionary: ڨ|U+06A8]]) |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ک}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ک}}</span> | K k | {{IPAblink|k}} | [[:wiktionary: ک|U+06A9]] |-bgcolor="#d0dead" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ݣ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ݣ}}</span> | Kw kw<br>Ky ky | {{IPAblink|◌ʷ|kʷ}}/{{IPAblink|◌ʲ|kʲ}} | [[:wiktionary: ݣ|U+0763]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ل}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ل}}</span> | L l | {{IPAblink|l}} | [[:wiktionary: ل|U+0644]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|م}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|م}}</span> | M m | {{IPAblink|m}} | [[:wiktionary: م|U+0645]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ࢽـ ࢽ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ࢽـ ࢽ}}</span> | N n | {{IPAblink|n}} | [[:wiktionary: ࢽ|U+08BD]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|هـ ه}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|هـ ه}}</span> | H h | {{IPAblink|h}} | [[:wiktionary: ه|U+0647]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|و}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|و}}</span> | W w<br>O o<br>U u | {{IPAblink|n}} ({{IPAblink|o|oː}}{{IPAblink|u|uː}}) | [[:wiktionary: و|U+0648]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ی}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ی}}</span> | Y y<br>I i | {{IPAblink|j}} ({{IPAblink|i|iː}}) | [[:wiktionary: ی|U+06CC]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ىٰ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ىٰ}}</span> | E e | {{IPAblink|e|eː}} | [[:wiktionary: ى|U+0649]]<br>plus<br>[[:wiktionary: ◌ٰ|U+0670]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ؿـ ؿ}}</span> |<span style="font-size:140%;">{{Script/Hausawi|ؿـ ؿ}}</span> | ˈy ({{flagicon|Nigeria}})<br>Ƴ ƴ({{flagicon|Niger}}) | {{IPA|[ʔʲ]}}/{{IPAblink|ʄ}} | [[:wiktionary: ؿ|U+063F]] |} | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+Hausa Ajami (Hafs Convention)<ref name="MuKoyiAjamiDaLarabci">Wali Naʼibi Sulaimanu and Haliru Binji. (1969). ''Mu Koyi Ajami Da Larabci'' / مُکُوْیِ أَجَمِ دَ لَارَبْثِی. Zaria: Northern Nigerian Pub. ISBN 978-978-169-120-0</ref> |- !Letter<br>(Naskh) !Latin Equivalent !IPA ! [[Arabic script in Unicode|Unicode]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ا}}</span> | - <Br> A a | {{IPAblink|∅}}/{{IPAblink|ʔ}}/{{IPAblink|a|aː}} | [[:wiktionary: ا|U+0627]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ب}}</span> | B b | {{IPAblink|b}} | [[:wiktionary: ب|U+0628]] |-bgcolor="#d0dead" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ٻ}}</span> | Ɓ ɓ | {{IPAblink|ɓ}} | [[:wiktionary: ٻ|U+067B]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ت}}</span> | T t | {{IPAblink|t}} | [[:wiktionary: ت|U+062A]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ث}}</span> | C c | {{IPAblink|t͡ʃ}} | [[:wiktionary: ث|U+062B]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ج}}</span> | J j | {{IPAblink|d͡ʒ}} | [[:wiktionary: ج|U+062C]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ح}}</span> | H h | {{IPAblink|h}} | [[:wiktionary: ح|U+062D]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|خ}}</span> | H h<Br>(Kh kh) | {{IPAblink|h}} | [[:wiktionary: خ|U+062E]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|د}}</span> | D d | {{IPAblink|d}} | [[:wiktionary: د|U+062F]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ذ}}</span> | Z z | {{IPAblink|z}} | [[:wiktionary: ذ|U+0630]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ر}}</span> | R r | {{IPAblink|ɽ}}/{{IPAblink|ɾ}} | [[:wiktionary: ر|U+0631]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ز}}</span> | Z z | {{IPAblink|z}} | [[:wiktionary: ز|U+0632]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|س}}</span> | S s | {{IPAblink|s}} | [[:wiktionary: س|U+0633]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ش}}</span> | Sh sh ({{flagicon|Nigeria}})<br>Ch ch({{flagicon|Niger}}) | {{IPAblink|ʃ}} | [[:wiktionary: ش|U+0634]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ص}}</span> | S s | {{IPAblink|s}} | [[:wiktionary: ص|U+0635]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ض}}</span> | L l | {{IPAblink|l}} | [[:wiktionary: ض|U+0636]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ط}}</span> | Ɗ ɗ | {{IPAblink|ɗ}} | [[:wiktionary: ط|U+0637]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ظ}}</span> | Z z | {{IPAblink|z}} | [[:wiktionary: ظ|U+0638]] |-bgcolor="#d0dead" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ڟ}}</span> | Ts ts | {{IPAblink|t͡s}}/{{IPAblink|sʼ}} | [[:wiktionary: ڟ|U+069F]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ع}}</span> | ʼ | {{IPAblink|∅}}/{{IPAblink|ʔ}} | [[:wiktionary: ع|U+0639]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|غ}}</span> | G g | {{IPAblink|ɡ}} | [[:wiktionary: غ|U+063A]] |-bgcolor="#d0dead" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ڠ}}</span> | Gw gw<br>Gy gy | {{IPAblink|◌ʷ|ɡʷ }}/{{IPAblink|◌ʲ|ɡʲ}} | [[:wiktionary: ڠ|U+06A0]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ف}}</span> | F f | {{IPAblink|ɸ}}/{{IPAblink|f}} | [[:wiktionary: ف|U+0641]] |-bgcolor="#FFEFD5" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ڥ}}</span> | P p | {{IPAblink|p}} | [[:wiktionary: ڥ|U+06A5]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ق}}</span> | Ƙ ƙ | {{IPAblink|ƙ}} | [[:wiktionary: ق|U+0642]] |-bgcolor="#d0dead" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ڨ}}</span> | Ƙw ƙw<br>Ƙy ƙy | {{IPAblink|◌ʷ|ƙʷ}}/{{IPAblink|◌ʲ|ƙʲ}} | [[:wiktionary: ڨ|U+06A8]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ك}}</span> | K k | {{IPAblink|k}} | [[:wiktionary: ك|U+0643]] |-bgcolor="#d0dead" |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ڭ}}</span> | Ƙ ƙ<br>Ky ky | {{IPAblink|◌ʷ|kʷ }}/{{IPAblink|◌ʲ|kʲ}} | [[:wiktionary: ڭ|U+06AD]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ل}}</span> | L l | {{IPAblink|l}} | [[:wiktionary: ل|U+0644]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|م}}</span> | M m | {{IPAblink|m}} | [[:wiktionary: م|U+0645]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ن}}</span> | N n | {{IPAblink|n}} | [[:wiktionary: ن|U+0646]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|هـ ه}}</span> | H h | {{IPAblink|h}} | [[:wiktionary: ه|U+0647]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|و}}</span> | W w<br>O o<br>U u | {{IPAblink|n}} ({{IPAblink|o|oː}}{{IPAblink|u|uː}}) | [[:wiktionary: و|U+0648]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ي}}</span> | Y y<br>I i | {{IPAblink|j}} ({{IPAblink|i|iː}}) | [[:wiktionary: ي|U+064A]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ىٰ}}</span> | E e | {{IPAblink|e|eː}} | [[:wiktionary: ى|U+0649]]<br>plus<br>[[:wiktionary: ◌ٰ|U+0670]] |- |<span style="font-size:160%;">{{Script/Arabic|ۑـ ۑ}}</span> | ˈy ({{flagicon|Nigeria}})<br>Ƴ ƴ({{flagicon|Niger}}) | {{IPA|[ʔʲ]}}/{{IPAblink|ʄ}} | [[:wiktionary: ۑ|U+06D1]] |} |}
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