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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.

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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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