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Hausa Grammar: With Exercises, Readings and Vocabulary

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Hausa Grammar: With Exercises, Readings and Vocabulary
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Charles Henry Robinson
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Linguistics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:140
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreGrammar and syntax
ISBN/Barcode 9781108031370
ClassificationsDewey:493.7282421
Audience
Further/Higher Education
Illustrations 1 Plates, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 17 November 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Charles Henry Robinson (1861-1925) was a Cambridge scholar who, during the 1890s, published several books on the language, literature and culture of the Hausa people. Hausa is an African language originating in Niger and northern Nigeria and spoken widely in West and Central Africa as a lingua franca. Published in 1897, Robinson's Grammar was written to serve the needs of missionaries, colonial staff and army officers who wished to communicate with the local people, but made no claim to be definitive or comprehensive. Until the twentieth century Hausa was written in an Arabic script, examples of which are given, while the exercise sections of the grammar are transliterated for students unfamiliar with Arabic. The vocabulary, mainly relating to agriculture, trade and domestic life, was chosen to suit the practical needs of Robinson's intended audience, and reveals much about colonial life in West Africa as well as providing linguistic information.

Author Biography

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