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HAUSA
5,000,000
first language speakers in Niger (1998). Mother tongue speakers
in central Niger along the Nigeria border. Spoken in cities
throughout Niger. Alternate names: HAUSSA, HAOUSSA, HAUSAWA.
Dialects: DAWRA, KATSINA, DAMAGARAM, GOBIRAWA, ADERAWA, AREWA,
KURFEY, GAYA. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West,
A, A.1.
For
more information : Hausa
Brochure
ZARMA
[DJE] 2,100,000 in Niger (1998).
Population total all countries 2,151,000. Alternate names:
DYERMA, DYARMA, DYABARMA, ADZERMA, DJERMA, ZABARMA, ZARBARMA,
ZARMACI. Dialects: KAADO. Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Songhai,
Southern.
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