🌅Learn Hausa online

Learn Hausa online — speak Hausa in minutes a day.

The fun, mobile-first Hausa app. Learn with structured Courses, bite-sized flashcards, quizzes and streaks built on 2,600+ everyday Hausa words, 71 curated phrases and 13,844 example sentences. Free to start.

2,600+ words across five levels · free to start
Sample lessonHausa · Phrases
Sannu
Hello
Ina kwana
Good morning
Na gode
Thank you
Barka da zuwa
Welcome
Ina son ka
I love you
+25 XP per lesson
5 min a day 🔥

Why learn Hausa?

A lingua franca of West Africa

Hausa is spoken across Northern Nigeria, Niger and the Sahel — one of Africa's most widely spoken languages.

Open doors across borders

Trade, travel and connect across West Africa. Hausa unlocks markets, music and friendships in a dozen countries.

Beginner-friendly

Hausa uses the Latin alphabet (Boko) and has no complex tone system — perfect for first-time language learners.

Who it's for

Built for everyone learning Hausa

Whatever brought you to Hausa — family, love, heritage, travel or curiosity — NaijaTongues meets you where you are.

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Diaspora parents

Raising kids abroad and want them to grow up speaking Hausa? Short, fun daily lessons your whole family can do together — no textbooks, no lectures.

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Married into a Hausa family

Surprise your spouse, in-laws and elders with real Hausa — greetings, prayers, jokes and the words that matter at weddings, naming ceremonies and Sunday dinners.

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Nigerians learning another Nigerian language

Yorùbá speaker picking up Igbo? Hausa speaker learning Yorùbá? Bridge across Nigeria's languages and connect with friends, colleagues and customers nationwide.

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Reconnecting with your roots

Second- or third-generation and never got the chance to learn Hausa at home? Start from zero — no judgement, just steady progress toward the language of your heritage.

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Travellers & expats

Heading to Nigeria for work, family or fun? Learn the everyday Hausa that opens doors in markets, taxis, churches, mosques and homes.

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Students & culture lovers

Studying African languages, Nollywood, Afrobeats or West African history? Build real fluency in Hausa alongside your coursework or fandom.

What you'll learn

From your first Sannu to full sentences.

  • Structured Courses — units unlock in order, from greetings to numbers, with a test at the end of each unit. Open the Hausa course
  • Greetings & courtesy phrases — Sannu, Ina kwana, Na gode
  • Numbers — count and price, with a number-to-words calculator
  • Days of the week & telling the time — vocabulary and phrases, no clock drills
  • Hooked consonants — ɓ, ɗ, ƙ and ƴ written out in full
  • Common words, nouns, verbs and adjectives — five levels each
  • Everyday verbs — go, come, eat, want, love
  • Sentence Builder — rebuild real sentences, from 3 words up to 20

Phrase preview

Sannu
Hello
Ina kwana
Good morning
Na gode
Thank you
Barka da zuwa
Welcome
Ina son ka
I love you
Lafiya?
Are you well?

Three steps. Zero textbook stress.

1. Pick a lesson

Start with greetings and survival Hausa phrases — no prior knowledge required.

2. Practice daily

Bite-sized flashcards and quizzes drill vocabulary in 5 minutes a day.

3. Track streaks

Earn XP, unlock badges, and climb the global leaderboard.

Structured course

A step-by-step Hausa course, not just drills

Three units so far — greetings & courtesy, names & introductions, and numbers 1–20. Each unit has eight lessons and ends with a test: 80% to pass, and no skipping ahead. More units are in the works, and the course content is still awaiting native-speaker review.

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Common Hausa words

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Every game mode is free.

Flashcards, quizzes, Word Match, Numbers, Sentence Builder, Phrases, Battles, Word Builder, Survival Streak and Proverbs are free. Proverbs currently covers Yorùbá and Igbo. You just need an account to save your scores.

Frequently asked questions

Is Hausa hard to learn?

Hausa is one of the most beginner-friendly African languages. It uses the Latin alphabet (Boko script), has straightforward pronunciation, and a simple grammar that clicks fast.

Does Hausa have tones?

Hausa has tones, but they're much lighter than Yorùbá or Igbo. Our lessons introduce them naturally through tone-marked flashcards.

Can I learn Hausa as a complete beginner?

Absolutely. Level 1 starts with the words you'll use most — go, come, eat, good, big, house, family — and Sentence Builder takes you up to full sentences.

Is there a structured Hausa course?

Yes. The Hausa course has three units that unlock in order, from greetings and introductions to numbers. Each unit has eight lessons and ends with a test; you need 80% to pass. The content is still awaiting native-speaker review. Open the Hausa course

How do you know the content is correct?

We have a reviewer platform where invited, vetted speakers correct text and record audio. Every correction is logged, and nothing goes live until it is personally approved. We are still bringing reviewers on, so most content has not yet been through this process.

Is this Hausa app free?

Yes. Every game mode is free: flashcards, quizzes, Word Match, Numbers, Sentence Builder, Phrases, Battles, Word Builder, Survival Streak and the Yorùbá and Igbo Proverbs game. Hausa proverbs are not available yet. A free account saves your scores.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. NaijaTongues is mobile-first and runs in any modern browser — no install required.

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2,600+ words, five difficulty levels and 71 everyday phrases. Your first lesson is free.

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