Language: Hausa Find language
Population of Groups Speaking
50,903,000
People Groups Speaking as Primary Language
32
Scripture Status
Audio Bible
Jesus Film
Gospel Recordings
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Population | Progress Scale |
Primary Religion | % Christian Adherent |
% Evangelical |
Est. Workers Needed * |
Indigenous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bashar | Nigeria | 200 | 1 ● | Islam | 2.00 % | 1.00 % | 1 | ● |
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Bure | Nigeria | 700 | 2 ● | Ethnic Religions | 10.00 % | 1.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Buta-Ningi | Nigeria | 31,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | ● |
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Dulbu | Nigeria | 300 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | ● |
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Fulani, Toroobe | Nigeria | 4,700,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.30 % | 0.05 % | 94 | ● |
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Gamo-Ningi | Nigeria | 16,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 35.00 % | 7.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Gyem, Gyemawa | Nigeria | 2,000 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 10.00 % | 4.73 % | -1 - | ● |
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Hausa | Algeria | 11,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 1 | |
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Hausa | Congo, Republic of the | 12,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.09 % | 0.04 % | 1 | |
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Hausa | Cameroon | 368,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.10 % | 0.08 % | 7 | |
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Hausa | Central African Republic | 34,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.08 % | 0.06 % | 1 | |
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Hausa | Benin | 1,038,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.10 % | 0.04 % | 20 | |
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Hausa | Chad | 290,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.01 % | 0.01 % | 5 | |
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Hausa | Equatorial Guinea | 27,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.10 % | 0.03 % | 1 | |
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Hausa | Gambia | 10,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.50 % | 0.20 % | 1 | |
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Hausa | Gabon | 15,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.50 % | 0.10 % | 1 | |
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Hausa | Ghana | 283,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 5 | |
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Hausa | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,046,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.00 % | 0.00 % | 20 | |
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Hausa | Togo | 22,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 1.20 % | 1.10 % | 1 | |
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Hausa | Niger | 10,592,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.10 % | 0.05 % | 211 | ● |
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Hausa | Nigeria | 30,817,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.10 % | 0.09 % | 616 | ● |
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Hausa | Sudan | 111,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.01 % | 0.00 % | 2 | |
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Hausa | Burkina Faso | 2,900 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.10 % | 0.10 % | 1 | |
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Hausa, Maouri | Niger | 812,000 | 1 ● | Ethnic Religions | 3.00 % | 1.50 % | 16 | ● |
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Hausa, North | Nigeria | 425,000 | 1 ● | Islam | 0.50 % | 0.10 % | 8 | ● |
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Kubi | Nigeria | 2,700 | 2 ● | Islam | 10.00 % | 0.50 % | -1 - | ● |
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Kudu-Camo | Nigeria | 2,700 | 5 ● | Ethnic Religions | 25.00 % | 12.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Luri | Nigeria | 100 | 2 ● | Ethnic Religions | 10.00 % | 2.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Maguzawa | Nigeria | 193,000 | 1 ● | Ethnic Religions | 2.00 % | 0.30 % | 3 | ● |
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Shani | Nigeria | 1,700 | 2 ● | Ethnic Religions | 8.00 % | 0.40 % | -1 - | ● |
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Zari | Nigeria | 35,000 | 2 ● | Islam | 14.00 % | 2.00 % | -1 - | ● |
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Ziriya | Nigeria | 2,100 | 4 ● | Ethnic Religions | 25.00 % | 8.00 % | -1 - | ● |
| Totals: 32 | 23 ● | 1,018 |
* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.
** Only people groups speaking Hausa as primary language are listed. Other groups may speak Hausa as a secondary language.
** Only people groups speaking Hausa as primary language are listed. Other groups may speak Hausa as a secondary language.
| Item | Code |
|---|---|
| Status | |
| Ethnologue Code | hau |
| Written | Yes |
| Linguist List | |
| Language Archives |
| Language Alternate Names |
|---|
| Abakwariga |
| Habe |
| Haoussa |
| Hausawa |
| Haussa |
| Hawsa |
| Kado |
| Mgbakpa |
| Dialects |
|---|
| Adarawa |
| Aderawa |
| Arewa |
| Damagaram |
| Dawra |
| Gaya |
| Ghana |
| Gobirawa |
| Hadejiya |
| Hausa Arewa |
| Kano |
| Katagum |
| Katsina |
| Kebbawa |
| Kurfey |
| Sokoto |
| Zamfarawa |
| Dialect Alternate Names |
|---|
| Eastern Hausa: Kano |
| Hausa: Eastern Hausa: Kano |
| Hausa: Ghana |
| Hausa: Kano |
| Hausa: Kurfey |
| Hausa: Niger |
| Hausa: Sokoto |
| Hausa: Western Hausa: Sokoto |
| Niger |
| Western Hausa: Sokoto |
| Translation | Year / Status |
|---|---|
| Bible Portions | 1857-1988 |
| New Testament | 1880-1965 |
| Complete Bible | 1932-2004 |
| Online / Mobile App Bibles |
|---|
| Bible.is (Faith Comes By Hearing) |
| Bible.com (YouVersion) |
| Possible Print Bibles | |
|---|---|
| Amazon | National Bible Societies |
| Forum Bible Agencies | World Bible Finder |
| Gospel Go | World Bibles |
| Resource ▲ | New | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) | |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament (FCBH) | |
| Audio Recordings | Online Scripture (Talking Bibles) | |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) | |
| Film / Video | God's Story Video | |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Hausa | |
| Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) | |
| Film / Video | Mohammed (Indigitube.tv) | |
| Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) | |
| Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) | |
| Film / Video | Walk with Jesus (Africa, JFP) | |
| General | Bible Visuals | |
| General | Four Spiritual Laws | |
| General | Got Questions Ministry | |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Hausa Bible | |
| Text / Printed Matter | Father's Love Letter | |
| Text / Printed Matter | OneHope resources for children and youth | |
| Text / Printed Matter | World Missionary Press Booklets |