Today I will teach you the Hausa alphabet. If you follow everything provided in this page, you will be able to read, write and pronounce the Hausa letters quickly and easily. I'm providing the sound so that you can hear the pronunciation of the characters. Hausa contains 26 letters (consonants and vowels). Below you will find the letters, the pronunciation and sound.
| A a | [a] like act, hat |
| B b | [b] like bed |
| Ɓ ɓ | [ɓ] like Abbot |
| C c | [tʃ] like chat |
| D d | [d] like day |
| Ɗ ɗ | [ɗ] like Midday |
| E e | [e,a] like get, hat |
| F f | [ɸ] like fly |
| G g | [ɡ] like go |
| H h | [h] like hat |
| I i | [i,e] like hip, egg |
| J j | [(d)ʒ] like joke |
| K k | [k] like kit |
| Ƙ ƙ | [kʼ] like camera |
| L l | [l] like leg |
| M m | [m] like moon |
| N n | [n] like nice |
| O o | [o] like hot, cool |
| R r | [r, ɽ] like Roma |
| R 'r | [r, ɽ] like Rabbit |
| S s | [s] like smile |
| Sh sh | [ʃ] like shy |
| T t | [t] like ten |
| Ts ts | [(t)sʼ] like cats |
| U u | [u] like put, look |
| W w | [w] like why |
| Y y | [j] like you |
| Ƴ ƴ | [ʔʲ] like yes |
| Z z | [z] like zoo |
| ' | [ʔ] glottal stop |
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