Abstract
Digitization has greatly helped language survival in some parts of the world, butHausa still falls behindin Nigeria. Unlike countries with a single dominant national language or those that have successfully made one indigenous language official and technologically prominent, Nigeria’s linguistic and political situation is much more complicated and bottle-neck for Hausa to become a sole National language.Thus, the paper examined the challenges and opportunities of digitization on Hausa writing system. The study adopts a descriptive survey method of research to draw its resources. It also explores the meaning of the digital era for language use by emphasizing the possibility of empowerment ofdigital dynamics. The findings focused on the digital age offers both risks and opportunitiesforHausa to flourish or fade in the digital world depends on the collective choices of Hausa speakers, Hausa linguists, governments, institutions, tech companies, and communities at large as the study recommended at the end.
Keywords: Digital, era, Hausa, language, linguistic
DOI: www.doi.org/10.36349/sojolics.2025.v01i02.026
author/Muhammad Sani Umar Kulumbu
journal/Sokoto JOLICS 1(2) | November 2025 |
