Tatsuniya a adabin Hausa tana da nau'ikan daban-daban. Masana adabin Hausa sun rarraba tatsuniya zuwa manyan nau'i biyu:
Kwakwalwa (intellectual/wisdom tales) - waɗannan tatsuniyoyi ne da suke buƙatar tunani da hikima don fahimtar saƙonsu. Sun haɗa da tatsuniyoyin da ke gwada hazaƙar masu sauraro, kamar kacici-kacici (riddles) da tatsuniyoyin da ke ƙunshi matsaloli da mafitarsu.
Almara (fictional/imaginative tales) - waɗannan tatsuniyoyi ne na ƙirƙira waɗanda ke amfani da dabbobi, aljanu, da halitta na almara don isar da saƙo. Misali, tatsuniyar Gizo (spider) wacce ta shahara a adabin Hausa ta shiga cikin wannan nau'i.
Don haka, nau'ikan labari na tatsuniya su ne kwakwalwa da almara.
Sauran zaɓuɓɓukan ba su dace ba: "zamani da tarihi" nau'ikan waƙa ne ba tatsuniya ba; "al'amura da abubuwa" ba takamaiman rarrabawa ba ne; "wasanni da waƙa" kuma sun bambanta da tatsuniya a matsayin nau'ikan adabin baka daban.