Hausa language
Hausa (; in Hausa: Harshen/Halshen Hausa /hawˈsa/; Ajami: هَرْشَن هَوْسَا) 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, but also as a lingua franca in most of northern Nigeria, southern Niger, as well as in northern Cameroon, Ghana (mainly in the north of the country, but also extensively among the Zongo communities all across the country, including in the capital, Accra), Benin and Togo, southern Chad, and parts of Sudan. Hausa also has a significant number of speakers in Côte d’Ivoire and the Central African Republic.