Hausa Language

Chadic language of some 58 million native speakers across West Africa; tonal, and Niger's sole official language since 2025.

Specifications & Metrics

Ethnologue estimated Hausa was spoken as a first language by some 58 million people, with roughly 36 million second-language speakers.
Hausa has been written in ajami, an Arabic alphabet, since the early 17th century.
It is a tonal language in which each of its five vowels may carry low, high or falling tone.