The national or official
Niger language is no single one but a list of many. The list of official
Niger language includes French, Arabic, Hausa, Fulfulde, Gourmanchema, Manga Kanuri, Tamajaq and Zarma. But the lively languages in Niger are not restricted only to these languages. The total count of recognized languages in Niger is 21. Different sections of people in different regions of Niger speak in their own respective languages.
The list of Niger languages include:
- Hausa - It is the language spoken by most from Niger. It is spoken in most parts of Niger.
- Arabic, Hassaniyya - The speakers of this language in Niger was counted 10,000 in 1998. The alternate names by which this particular language is called include Maure, Moor, Mauri, Sulaka, Hasanya, Hassani.
- Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken - 10,000 people in Niger spoke in this language in 1998. The speakers of language revolve around Agadez and northwest Niger.
- Arabic, Shuwa - 5,000 in Niger was reported to be speaking in this language in 1998. People of Eastern Niger are speakers of this language. Few of the alternate names of this language include Shuwa Arabic, Arabe Choa, Shua, Chadic Arabic.
- French - 6,000 citizens in Niger spoke in this language in 1993.
- Dazaga - 30,000 in Niger were speakers in this language in 1998. People residing in Eastern Niger in the south near the Chad border speak in this language. The alternate names by which this language is called include Dasa, Dazza, Daza, Tubu, Tebu, Tibbu, Toubou.
- Fulfulde, Central-Eastern Niger - 450,000 residing in the central and eastern Niger from around Dogondoutchi on eastward to the Chad border spoke in this language in 1998. The dialect in this region is Wodaabe.
