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---
language:
- ha
tags:
- language
- hausa
size_categories:
- 500K<n<2M
license: apache-2.0
---
## Hausa Dataset
The vocabulary foundation is organized by linguistic categories (pronouns, verbs, nouns, adjectives) with over 200 core [Hausa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausa_people) words.
### Key Features
1. Core Vocabulary Categories:
+ Pronouns with gender distinctions (kai/ke for masculine/feminine 'you')
+ Verbs covering daily activities and essential actions
+ Nouns spanning family, nature, time, and cultural concepts
+ Adjectives with proper Hausa formations
+ Numbers from basic counting to large values
+ Time expressions including Islamic prayer times
2. Hausa-Specific Linguistic Elements:
+ Gender agreement with 'ne/ce' copulas
+ Proper pronoun usage with masculine/feminine distinctions
+ Negation patterns with 'ba...ba' construction
+ Question word formations
+ Conjunction usage following Hausa syntax
3. Cultural and Religious Content:
+ Islamic content relevant to Hausa speakers (prayer, pillars of Islam)
+ Traditional Hausa proverbs and their meanings
+ Cultural practices and traditions
+ Major Hausa cities and cultural elements
4. Data Type Distribution:
+ 35% synthetic sentences for general language patterns
+ 18% pattern variations for grammatical structures
+ 15% conversational exchanges
+ 12% question-answer pairs
+ 8% translation exercises
+ 5% grammar instruction
+ 3% story completions
+ 2% proverb explanations
+ 1% religious content
+ 1% cultural content
### Citation
If you find this work relevant or helpful to your work, please kindly cite it:
```
@misc{hausadataset,
title={Hausa Dataset},
author={Finbarrs Oketunji},
year={2025}
}
```
### Copyright
(c) Copyright 2025 Finbarrs Oketunji. All Rights Reserved. |