Languages of the country

Niger

Official language: French. Population (CLDR): 26 million.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
French français Official 13%
Hausa Widely used 41%
Zarma Zarmaciine Widely used 17%
Central-Eastern Niger Fulfulde Minority 7%
Tamashek Minority 6%
Arabic العربية Minority 0.2%
Fula Pulaar Minority 0%

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