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Zarma (also spelled Djerma Dyabarma Dyarma Dyerma Adzerma Zabarma Zarbarma Zarma Zarmaci and Zerma) is a member of the Songhay languages. It is the leading indigenous language of the southwestern lobe of the West African nation of Niger where the Niger River flows and the capital city Niamey is located and it is the second leading for that entire nation after Hausa which is spoken in south central Niger. In earlier decades it was known as Djerma.