In the same year T.N. Newman suggested a relationship between Semitic and the Hausa language, an idea that was taken up by early scholars of Afroasiatic.
ɪnðə sˈeɪm jˈɪɹ tˈiː.ˈɛn. nˈuːmən sədʒˈɛstᵻd ɐ ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənʃˌɪp bᵻtwˌiːn sɛmˈɪɾɪk ænd ðə hˈɔːsə lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ, ɐn aɪdˈiə ðæt wʌz tˈeɪkən ˌʌp baɪ ˈɜːli skˈɑːlɚz ʌv ˌæfɹoʊˌeɪsɪˈæɾɪk.