Language in Contact: Hausa Language Amidst Minority, Majority and Foreign Languages in Nigeria ©

The concept language in contact has witnessed an infusion of multiple terminologies from the 19th to 21st century. Languages in contact are continuously constantly influencing one another even though differently related. This paper has therefore tried to present the nature and types of contact the Hausa language has with the manor, major and foreign languages. The paper presents what is language in contact and the development of terminologies through the centuries. The focus of current researches on language in contact however, are directed towards comparison of language in contact. Situations rather than individual language situations. This paper, tries to study the properties that the Hausa language admist foreign, major and minor languages have in common, and to identify the constraints on the quality of mutual influences between these languages. The Hausa, as shown by this paper, is endangering other languages of the North. The plight of the proponents of minor and middle languages of Nigeria is yet to generate any significant effect.