Audio files for HAUSAR BAKA Exercises

Audio files of selected exercises, together with transcripts, are available in MP3 format. These files can be played with popular media players, such as Windows Media Player, which should be available on any computer with the Windows operatiing system, and QuickTime player, whcih should be available on any computer with the Macintosh operating system. QuickTime for Windows can also be downloaded. Click here to download the free QuickTime Player.

When you click the link to an audio file, it should open up in a separate window. Under the "File" menu, you can choose "Save as" and save it as a MP3 file on your computer, which you can then open with your preferred player.

In the audio files, you will hear the utterances in the respective exercises with the answers filled in or, in question and answer type exercises, you will hear both the question and the answer. These files can therefore serve as keys to the exercises, and they can be used for repetition and listening as with traditional language lab tapes.

Meet the speakers.

1. SASSAUK'AR HAUSA ["Basic Hausa"]

2. HARKOKIN YAU DA KULLUM ["Daily Activities"]

*From "Hausa Reading Kit", produced by Robert Botne, Indiana University Linguistics Department, by permission.

3. KAYAYYAKI DA SANA'O'I ["Goods and Services"]

*From "Hausa Reading Kit", produced by Robert Botne, Indiana University Linguistics Department, by permission.

4. WASANNIN KWAIKWAYO ["Dramas"]

*From "Hausa Reading Kit", produced by Robert Botne, Indiana University Linguistics Department, by permission. 400_barawo.mp3 is thematically related to Hausar Baka 401 and 402 in that it has to do with "crime and punishment".

5. TARIHI DA AL'ADU ["History and Customs"]

TATSUNIYOYI

*From "Hausa Reading Kit", produced by Robert Botne, Indiana University Linguistics Department, by permission.

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The speaking group

The audio recorde\ings, and the video for 1.12, were recorded in Kano, Nigeria in August 2003. The speakers are (back L to R) Fatima Muhammadu, Muhammed A. Ahmed, (front L to R) Maryam Mansour Yola, Tijjani Ado Ahmed.