Tags: Ethnic Group.

The Hausa (autonyms for singular : Bahaushe (m) Bahaushiya (f); plural Hausawa and general: Hausa/Haoussa; exonyms being Ausa Mgbakpa Kado Al-Takari Fellata and Abakwariga) are the largest ethnic group in West Africa and one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa. They live primarily in the Sahelian and Sudanian areas of northern Nigeria and southeastern Niger with significant numbers also living in parts of Cameroon Côte d’Ivoire Chad Togo Ghana and Sudan.

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language
Hausa language
population place
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, Ivory Coast
related
Chadic languages, Kanuri, Zarma people, Fula people, Tuareg people, Bole language, Gwandara language, Maguzawa Hausa people, Ngizim people, Dogondoutchi
religion
Islam, Traditional African religion
total population
35000000

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