sentences:  It has an estimated 67 million first-language speakers, and close to 50 million second-language speakers.The main Hausa-speaking area is northern Nigeria and Niger.Hausa is also widely spoken in northern Ghana, Cameroon, Chad, Sudanese Hausa in Sudan and the Ivory Coast as well as among Fulani, Tuareg, Kanuri, Gur, Shuwa Arab, and other Afro-Asiatic speaking groups.