https://www.nairaland.com/5628397/reno-omokri-defends-arabic-naira

Historically Hausa language dosent have it own alphabet and still doesn't have one till today.

Hausa was first written using Arabic alphabet due to trade between the Arabs and the Hausa community.

The Arabic way of writing Hausa language is reffered to as Ajami (Any non-Arab language written in Arabic script)

As time goes on, Hausa borrowed English alphabet for writing. This makes Hausa a language with dual set of alphabets.

I was taught how to write Hausa in both the two borrowed alphabets (Arabic & English).

Now back to Naira note: Let's take 500 for example.


1. In English it's spelt as (Five Hundred Naira)

2. In Arabic It's ( خمسمائة نير - khamsa miata naira)

3. In Hausa Language using the english alphabets, it's written as (Naira Dari Biyar)

4. In Hausa Language using Arabic Alphabet it's written as
(نير طري بير )

Number 3 and 4 are both Hausa and not English or Arabic.

Although English & Arab can read number 3 and 4 respectively, but the fact is they will not understand the meaning.

Note: I write this not to please anyone but to educate those who wants to be enlighten. So if you're part of those that are blind and want to argue blindly then it's a wrong thread for you.

Responding to your mentions in a new thread

Littleman123 seniormallam

Wow

if its not arabic as you said but hausa, why are we still using it till date? is the official language of Nigeria hausa? it is not a law that we must be forced to identify with a particular tribe or language. if secularism don tire una, e dey simple. form your own country were no one will question if you write numbers with arabic. stop forcing your identity on us please.

You called someone a mammal in a science class, he’s arguing that he isn’t a mammal, he’s a male

Make we forget wetin dem write for moto body enter moto abeg.

Old news but a lot of Nigerians dont actually study their own history

I'm trying to imagine what mooslims would have said if there was a sign of the cross on the naira or anything with the semblance of Christianity on it.

Which gives Court enough reason to rule against the Language.
How will a country as Big as Nigeria be Using foreign Language on Country's currency

That is insane

Just Another valid reason this country needs Restructuring

Citytrend:
This is giving Court enough reason to rule again the Language even.

How will a country as Big as Nigeria be Using a foreign Language on Country's currency

That is insane

Just Another valid reason this country needs Restructuring

Very insane I tell you.

So what's stopping us from using the English-borrowed hausa when it became available. Why was there so much uproar when the former government tried it with the polymers...

Thanks op may God bless u

It is Arabic.
It is the script that makes writing, not the actual meaning.
In the Nigerian context, every form of Arabic has an Islamic identity.

If you don't believe me.
Write some gibberish in the Arabic language, go to a market and tear that script.
At best, you will survive the mobbing without your eyes and hands and at worst, you will send to the beyond.
No one will care about the meaning because they all believe that Arabic is Islamic.

I see that most defenders of this injustice are avoiding that of the army logo "Nasruminallah"
because the script and the word are both Arabic adopted from the caliphate.

If it is Arabic then this is Latin am writing as ABC is Latin not English