Mali: French (official) + Bambara (most widely spoken) + Fula + Songhay (specifically Dendi). 11 languages are used as mediums of instruction in primary schools[38] Niger: French (official) + Hausa (spoken by half the population) + Songhay (specifically Zarma) Nigeria: English (official) + Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo as three other languages of the parliament[39] (each of which has over 20 million speakers) + 529 other African languages (some of which have over a million speakers) + Pidgin. Senegal: French (official) + Wolof (most widely spoken) + Fula (specifically Pulaar), Diola, Malinké, Sérère, Soninké (national languages)[40] + other African languages Sierra Leone: English (official) + Krio (most widely spoken) + Mende + Temne + other African languages Togo: French (official) + Ewe, Mina & Kabiyé.