{"id":10309,"date":"2025-04-10T05:40:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edumarkng.com\/news\/niger-adopts-hausa-as-national-language-replacing-french\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T05:40:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:40:59","slug":"niger-adopts-hausa-as-national-language-replacing-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edumarkng.com\/news\/niger-adopts-hausa-as-national-language-replacing-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger adopts Hausa as national language replacing French"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-315-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Niger adopts Hausa as national language replacing French\" title=\"Niger adopts Hausa as national language replacing French\" \/><\/div><p>Niger adopts Hausa as national language replacing French, <\/p>\n<p>Niger\u2019s junta has adopted Hausa as the national language in the place of French in a further break from Paris, its former colonial master.<\/p>\n<p>Since overthrowing civilian president Mohamed Bazoum in July 2023, Niger\u2019s military rulers have severed relations with France, kicking out French soldiers and renaming streets and monuments that bore French names.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe national language is Hausa\u201d and \u201cthe working languages are English and French\u201d, said\u00a0a new charter published in a special edition of the official journal on March 31.<\/p>\n<p>Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso \u2014 all former French colonies now ruled by juntas \u2014 have quit the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), a post-colonial entity that resembles the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>Hausa is the most widely spoken language in the country of 26 million, particularly in the central-southern regions of Zinder and Maradi, and in Tahoua in the west.<\/p>\n<p>About 13 percent of the population speaks French, or just over three million people.<\/p>\n<p>Nine other languages, including Zarma-Songhay, Fula, Kanuri, Gourmanche and Arabic, now become \u201cthe spoken languages of Niger\u201d, the charter said.<\/p>\n<p>The new charter was the outcome of a national conference in February, which strengthened the ruling junta by authorising junta leader General Abdourahamane Tiani to remain in power for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/04\/niger-adopts-hausa-as-national-language-replacing-french\/\">Niger adopts Hausa as national language replacing French<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>, <\/p>\n<p>Niger&#8217;s junta has adopted Hausa as the national language in the place of French in a further break from Paris, its former colonial master.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/04\/niger-adopts-hausa-as-national-language-replacing-french\/\">Niger adopts Hausa as national language replacing French<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>, <!-- no image -->, Ayobami, {authorlink},, , Vanguard News, April 10, 2025, 5:40 am<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niger adopts Hausa as national language replacing French, Niger\u2019s junta has adopted Hausa as the national language in the place of French in a further break from Paris, its former colonial master. 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