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over 5 years ago

#ALinguistThread Still on #Anglicization of Hausa names of places: I found a COLONIAL RECORD from 1913, quoted by Charles Henry Robinson. The transliteration rule used for Hausa was: *All consonants are to be pronounced [and written] as in ENGLISH and all vowels as in ITALIAN!*

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over 5 years ago

ANGLICIZED #Hausa place names: 1- Zaria (Zariya) 2- Sokoto (Sakkwato) 3- Potiskum (Fataskum) 4- Panshekara (Fanshekara) 5- Panbeguwa (Fanbeguwa) 6- Minna (Mina) 7- Lafia (Lafiya) 8- Hadejia (Haɗeja) 9- Funtua (Funtuwa) 10- Chiranchi (Ciranci) 11- Bichi (Bici) 12- Bauchi (Bauci)

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over 5 years ago

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