Locale Ha Ng

Reference data for the Hausa (Nigeria) locale — endonym Harshen Hausa (Najeriya), written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: ha-NG
• ISO 639-1: ha
• ISO 639-3: hau
• Script: Latn (Latin)
• Region: NG (Nigeria)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 43,000,000
• L2 (additional): 25,000,000
• L1+L2 (total): 68,000,000

Base locale

This is a regional variant of Locale Ha 001 (Hausa), the base/macro locale for this language.

Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: one, other (2 forms).

• one — n = 1 (e.g. 1)
• other — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See Unicode Messageformat for writing plural messages using these categories.

Translating into this locale

Apply Locale Ha 001 with the conventions of Nigeria.

• Context: Hausa is one of the three major languages of Nigeria, with English as the official language. Hausa content should be complete and follow the standard (Kano) written form.
• Formats: naira (₦); dates 17 ga Oktoba, 2026; 24-hour clock; decimal point.
• Tone: polite, with greetings and religious phrases natural in correspondence; titles are important.

Common pitfalls

• Using Niger-side French loanwords in Nigerian content.
• Dropping the hooked letters.
• The general pitfalls in Locale Ha 001 also apply.

Learn more

• Locale for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
• Unicode Messageformat for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
• Unicode CLDR locale data for number, date, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)