ThENEWSGIST : Niger dumps French, adopts Hausa as national language niger dumps french, adopts hausa as national language niger dumps french, adopts hausa as national language
ThENEWSGIST : Niger dumps French, adopts Hausa as national language
niger dumps french, adopts hausa as national language
niger dumps french, adopts hausa as national language
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Wed, 9 Apr 2025 0:38:20 WAT
Niger’s military-led government has declared Hausa as the country’s new national language, replacing French, in another decisive step away from its former colonial power, France.
“The national language is Hausa” while “the working languages are English and French,” the junta stated in a new charter published on March 31 in a special edition of the government’s official journal.
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Hausa is Niger’s most widely spoken language, particularly prevalent in the regions of Zinder, Maradi, and Tahoua.
The language is understood and spoken by a large portion of the population in the country of 26 million.
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By contrast, French is spoken by only about 13 per cent of Nigeriens — roughly three million people.
According to the new charter, nine other local languages, including Zarma-Songhay, Fula, Kanuri, Gourmanche, and Arabic, will now be officially recognised as “the spoken languages of Niger.”
The charter emerged from a national conference held in February, which bolstered the ruling junta’s authority and granted its leader, General Abdourahamane Tiani, the mandate to remain in power for the next five years.
