Language: English is the official language, Hausa, Yoruba and Ibo are the main native languages. 语言:英语为官方语言,豪萨语、鲁巴语和伊博语为主要民族语言。
hausa
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a member of a Negroid people living chiefly in northern Nigeria
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the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
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The Hausa, who also constitute the major ethnic group of northern Nigeria, represent half the total population and the Djerma-Songhai, a quarter.
The main ones are Hausa, spoken in the north, Yoruba in the southwest and Ibo in the east. English is the lingua franca.
Thousands of Maccido supporters, wearing amulets and wielding daggers, took to the streets Monday chanting "Ba Mu So," which means "We don't want" in local Hausa.