Hausa language
Paul Newman (born 1937) is an American linguist active in the study of African languages. He writes on the Hausa language of Nigeria and on the Chadic language family. He wrote the "Modern Hausa-English Dictionary" (1977), co-authored with his wife, Roxana Ma Newman, and "The Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar" (2000). He is the founder of the "Journal of African Languages and Linguistics", a journal in the field of African-language studies.