Some scholars would continue to regard Hausa as related to the other Afroasiatic languages, but the idea was controversial: many scholars refused to admit that the largely unwritten, "Negroid" Chadic languages were in the same family as the "Caucasian" ancient civilizations of the Egyptians and Semites.
sˌʌm skˈɑːlɚz wʊd kəntˈɪnjuː tə ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹd hˈɔːsə æz ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd tə ðɪ ˈʌðɚɹ ˌæfɹoʊˌeɪsɪˈæɾɪk lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz, bˌʌt ðɪ aɪdˈiə wʌz kˌɑːntɹəvˈɜːʃəl: mˈɛni skˈɑːlɚz ɹᵻfjˈuːzd tʊ ɐdmˈɪt ðætðə lˈɑːɹdʒli ʌnɹˈɪʔn̩, "nˈiːɡɹɔɪd" tʃˈædɪk lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz wɜːɹ ɪnðə sˈeɪm fˈæmɪli æz ðə "kɔːkˈeɪʒən" ˈeɪntʃənt sˌɪvɪlᵻzˈeɪʃənz ʌvðɪ ɪdʒˈɪpʃənz ænd sˈɛmaɪts.