Hausa ( /h aʊ s ə / ; Harshen / Halshen Hausa ; Ajami : هَرْشَن هَوْسَ ) wulimi lwesiChadic olukhulunywa ngabantu baseHausa, ikakhulukazi engxenyeni esenyakatho yeNigeria nengxenye eseningizimu yeNiger, kanye nabambalwa abambalwa eChad, Benin naseCameroon Izikhulumi zomdabu zaseHausa, isizwe samaHausa, zitholakala kakhulu eNiger, eNyakatho yeNigeria, eNyakatho yeCameroon naseChad.Ngaphezu kwalokho, ulimi isetshenziswa njengophawu isifanakalo izikhulumi okungezona bomdabu e iningi Northern Nigeria kanye Southern Niger, futhi njengoba ulimi ukuhweba uhlangabezana Swathe emikhulu kakhulu Ntshonalanga Afrika ( Benin, Ghana, Cameroon, Togo, Chad futhi izingxenye ISudan ). UHausa uyilungu lomndeni wolimi lwesi-Afroasiatic futhi yilona limi olukhulunywa kakhulu egatsheni laseChadic lalowo mndeni.I-Ethnologue ilinganisele ukuthi ikhulunywa njengolimi lokuqala ngabantu abangaba yizigidi ezingama-47 futhi njengolimi lwesibili kukhulunywa ngezinye izigidi ezingama-25, okwenza isibalo esiphelele sabakhuluma isiHausa sifinyelele ezigidini ezingama-72.Ngokwezibalo zakamuva nje, isiHausa sizokhulunywa ngabantu abayizigidi eziyi-100-150. ENigeria, imboni yamafilimu ekhuluma isiHausa yaziwa ngokuthi yiKannywood . IHausa ingeyesigatshana sezilimi zaseWest Chadic seqembu lezilimi zaseChadic, nalo eliyingxenye yomndeni wolimi lwe-Afroasiatic .