page_title: Hausa language
hierarchical_section_title: Hausa language
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Hausa language and people distribution in Nigeria and Niger.
context_page_description: Hausa is a Chadic language spoken by the Hausa people, the largest ethnic group in Sub-Saharan Africa, mainly within the territories of Niger and the northern half of Nigeria, and with significant minorities in Ghana, Sudan, and Cameroon.
  Hausa is a member of the Afroasiatic language family and is the most widely spoken language within the Chadic branch of that family. Ethnologue estimated that it was spoken as a first language by some 47 million people and as a second language by another 25 million, bringing the total number of Hausa speakers to an estimated 72 million. By more recent estimations, Hausa is estimated to be spoken by 100–150 million people, making it the most spoken indigenous African language.
context_section_description: Hausa (/ˈhaʊsə/; Harshen/Halshen Hausa) is a Chadic language spoken by the Hausa people, the largest ethnic group in Sub-Saharan Africa, mainly within the territories of  Niger and the northern half of Nigeria, and with significant minorities in Ghana, Sudan, and Cameroon.
  Hausa is a member of the Afroasiatic language family and is the most widely spoken language within the Chadic branch of that family. Ethnologue estimated that it was spoken as a first language by some 47 million people and as a second language by another 25 million, bringing the total number of Hausa speakers to an estimated 72 million. By more recent estimations, Hausa is estimated to be spoken by 100–150 million people, making it the most spoken indigenous African language.
caption: Areas of Niger and Nigeria where Hausa people are based
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