Abstract
Chatbot is an AI based application that stimulates human conversations. In this research, we proposed a noble approach to the design of Chatbot that interacts with people in Hausa Language, which is the second most famous languages in Africa. Numerous chatbots have been created and continue to be created. To the best of our knowledge, there is very limited or no Chatbot that target Hausa Language, hence the catalyst of this research. The proposed Chatbot is capable of communicating with users in Hausa Language, tell some funny stories and above all has the ability of learning from users. It was designed as a web-based application that can feature in any platform with internet access and a web browser, where PHP was used as programming Language in conjunction with MySQL database. The interface was designed using HTML and CSS with JavaScript for interactivity. Developing this Chatbot system would bring the Hausa language into the Artificial intelligence stage and it would serve as a reference material for future research and development. The result shows that the system is capable of communicating in simple Hausa words and will be able to learn simple words in Hausa. Developing system whose ability is to learn, adapt and perform autonomously can be a major field of competition between technology inventors and Hausa-based language processing over the next few years.
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Haruna, U., Maitalata, U.S., Mohammed, M., Maitama, J.Z. (2021). Hausa Intelligence Chatbot System. In: Misra, S., Muhammad-Bello, B. (eds) Information and Communication Technology and Applications. ICTA 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1350. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69143-1_17
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