Category:Hausa terms by usage

Hausa terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Hausa childish terms: Hausa terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.
• Category:Hausa colloquialisms: Hausa terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Hausa dated terms: Hausa terms that are no longer fashionable and thus are anachronistic, but still sometimes in use, especially by older speakers.
• Category:Hausa derogatory terms: Hausa terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Hausa dialectal terms: Hausa terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.
• Category:Hausa higher register terms: Hausa terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Hausa humorous terms: Hausa terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.
• Category:Hausa informal terms: Hausa terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Hausa terms with obsolete senses: Hausa terms with individual senses that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Hausa obsolete terms: Hausa terms that are no longer in use and not usually recognized by native speakers, but still sometimes found in older literature.
• Category:Hausa poetic terms: Hausa terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Hausa polite terms: Hausa polite terms, which are used to show deference and respect.
• Category:Hausa short forms: Hausa terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Hausa terms with historical senses: Hausa terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Hausa trademarks: Hausa terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.
• Category:Hausa vulgarities: Hausa terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.