Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. By Erik Laursen, New Covenant Missions
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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 20
Population: 56,930,275
Unreached people groups: 20
UPG population: 56,930,275
Unengaged UPGs: 9
UUPG population: 338,800
Number of countries: 19
Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African
Overview: Hausa is the most widely spoken Chadic language and is the first language spoken by more than 25 million Hausa people, primarily in Nigeria. The Hausa people cluster includes a few small, closely related peoples in northern Nigeria and southwestern Niger. A majority of Hausa peoples practice traditional animistic religions.
Peoples within this cluster: Hausa; Kumonu
Countries where they are found: Algeria; Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Canada; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo; Cote d’Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Niger; Nigeria; Sudan; Togo; United States
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