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Languages of Niger

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COUNTRY LANGUAGE PROFILE
Hausa
Hausa
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Article 12 of Niger's 2025 Refoundation Charter makes Hausa the national language and names English and French as working languages. The page therefore uses Hausa as the national core reference rather than the former French-official model.

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Core language shown
Country-level reference set
Hausa
First listed core language
Not a speaker-share estimate
1
Writing system represented
Across the core language set
LTR
Primary text direction
Additional directions noted below

Language Overview

Hausa

Read the Characters

Hausa Β· 28 characters

Hausa Β· 28 characters
A
a
B
b
Ɓ
Ι“
C
c
D
d
Ɗ
Ι—
E
e
F
f
G
g
H
h
I
i
J
j
K
k
Ƙ
Ζ™
L
l
M
m
N
n
O
o
R
r
S
s
SH
sh
T
t
TS
ts
U
u
W
w
Y
y
Ζ³
Ζ΄
Z
z

How to Read the Language Landscape

PolicyLegal and administrative language status may differ between national and subnational government.
Everyday useA language can be socially dominant without being the only language used at home, school, work or in media.
Community diversityIndigenous, minority, migrant and sign languages can remain important even when they are not part of a short national headline list.

Frequently Asked Questions

What languages are used in Niger?

Article 12 of Niger's 2025 Refoundation Charter makes Hausa the national language and names English and French as working languages. The page therefore uses Hausa as the national core reference rather than the former French-official model.

What writing systems are used in Niger?

The writing-system section shows the script and primary text direction used for the headline set.

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Sources & methodology

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Presidency of Niger: Refoundation Charter

Official Presidency portal for the 2025 Refoundation Charter. Article 12 provides the current language framework: Hausa is the national language, while English and French are working languages.

Unicode CLDR: Country/Region Names

Localized country display-name reference. CLDR names are customary UI/display names, not claims about a state’s full constitutional long-form name.

Unicode: Supported Scripts

Reference for the writing-system/script families represented in the character component.

Unicode: Writing Direction and Bidirectional Text

Reference for left-to-right and right-to-left script direction and bidirectional text behavior.

Unicode Character Database: NamesList

Reference for Unicode character names used as small readout labels under selected character samples; these labels are not presented as a complete transliteration standard.