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.
Hausa is spoken across Northern Nigeria, Niger and the Sahel — one of Africa's most widely spoken languages.
Trade, travel and connect across West Africa. Hausa unlocks markets, music and friendships in a dozen countries.
Hausa uses the Latin alphabet (Boko) and has no complex tone system — perfect for first-time language learners.
Whatever brought you to Hausa — family, love, heritage, travel or curiosity — NaijaTongues meets you where you are.
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.
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.
Yorùbá speaker picking up Igbo? Hausa speaker learning Yorùbá? Bridge across Nigeria's languages and connect with friends, colleagues and customers nationwide.
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.
Heading to Nigeria for work, family or fun? Learn the everyday Hausa that opens doors in markets, taxis, churches, mosques and homes.
Studying African languages, Nollywood, Afrobeats or West African history? Build real fluency in Hausa alongside your coursework or fandom.
Start with greetings and survival Hausa phrases — no prior knowledge required.
Bite-sized flashcards and quizzes drill vocabulary in 5 minutes a day.
Earn XP, unlock badges, and climb the global leaderboard.
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.
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.
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.
Hausa has tones, but they're much lighter than Yorùbá or Igbo. Our lessons introduce them naturally through tone-marked flashcards.
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.
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
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.
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.
Yes. NaijaTongues is mobile-first and runs in any modern browser — no install required.
2,600+ words, five difficulty levels and 71 everyday phrases. Your first lesson is free.
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