Haruffan Boko

Boko (ko bookoo) harafin Latin ne da ake amfani da shi wajen rubuta harshen Hausa. Turawa ne suka ƙirƙiro haruffan boko na farko a farkon ƙarni na 19, kuma suka haɓaka a farkon karni na 20 ta hukumomin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya da Faransa. An mayar da ita matsayin haruffan Hausa a hukumance a shekarar 1930.  Tun a shekarar 1950 ƴan boko ke zama babban haruffan Hausa. Rubutun Larabci (ajami ) yanzu ana amfani da shi ne kawai a makarantun Islamiyya da kuma adabin Musulunci. Tun daga shekarun 1980, boko a Najeriya ya dogara ne akan haruffan Pan-Nigerian.

Kalmar boko kuma tana nufin tarbiyyar da ba ta Musulunci ba (yawanci yamma) ('yan boko = "makarantar zamani")  ko kuma akida. Ana yawan kwatanta kalmar a matsayin aro daga littafin Turanci. Sai dai a shekarar 2013, babban masanin Hausa Paul Newman ya buga "The Etymology of Hausa Boko" a cikinsa ya gabatar da ra'ayin cewa boko a zahiri kalmar asali ce ma'anar "zamba, zamba", mai nuni ga "Koyon yamma da rubutu" kasancewa ana ganin yaudara ce idan aka kwatanta da karatun Alqur'ani na gargajiya. 
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Akwai bambance-bambance a cikin ƴan boko da ake amfani da su a Nijar da Najeriya saboda lafuzza daban-daban a cikin harsunan Faransanci da Ingilishi. Harafin ⟨ ƴ ⟩ ana amfani da shi ne kawai a Nijar ; a Nigeria an rubuta ⟨ ƴ⟩ .

Sautin, tsayin wasali, da bambanci tsakanin /r/ kuma /ɽ/ (wanda ba ya wanzu ga duk masu magana) ba a yi musu alama a rubuce ba. Don haka, misali, /daɡa/ "daga" and /daːɡaː/ "yakin" duka an rubuta daga .

 Duba kuma 

 Ajami (haruffan Larabci) don harshen Hausa
 Boko Haram, kungiyar 'yan ta'adda wacce ke daukar karatun kasashen yamma a matsayin zunubi ( haram )

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Hausa