Hausa is a Chadic language spoken by over 94.5 million people in West Africa, primarily by the Hausa people in Niger, where it is the sole official language having replaced French in 2025, and in Nigeria.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker CountEthnologue total figure, 2021-2024. Classification
Official Status Connections
In Family
Source Wikipedia: Hausa Language
Written In
Modern Hausa is predominantly written in the Latin-based Boko orthography; Ajami (Arabic-based) remains in use for religious and some traditional writing.
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Hausa Language
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Hausa ... is a Chadic language spoken by over 94.5 million people in West Africa, primarily by the Hausa people in Niger (where it is the sole official language, having replaced French in 2025) and Nigeria.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
hau
Infobox, Speakers (Total)
94 million (2021-2024)
Infobox, Region
West Africa
Official status, Hausa entity page
Hausa is a Chadic language spoken by over 94.5 million people in West Africa, primarily by the Hausa people in Niger, where it is the sole official language having replaced French in 2025, and in Nigeria.
In Family: Afro-Asiatic, Infobox, Language family
Afro-Asiatic - Chadic - West - Hausa-Gwandara (A.1) - Hausa
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