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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "Hausa-go",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ハウサ語"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "hausa",
"sense": "language",
"word": "хауса"
},
{
"code": "mos",
"lang": "Moore",
"sense": "language",
"word": "zãngoeere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hausa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hauçá"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xáusa",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ха́уса"
},
{
"code": "rw",
"lang": "Rwanda-Rundi",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Igihawusa"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hauština"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Kihausa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "language",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hausa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Hausaca"
},
{
"code": "kcg",
"lang": "Tyap",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Kpat"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "háusa",
"sense": "language",
"word": "га́уса"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xáusa",
"sense": "language",
"word": "ха́уса"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "language",
"word": "Awúsá"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Hausa language",
"Hausa people"
],
"word": "Hausa"
}
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