Official Language and Symbol – 1995

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Official Language and Symbol – 1995

1995

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French is the official language, and the universal language for documentation; other languages in daily use include Hausa, Djerma, Tamacheq, Fulani, Arabic, Kanauri, Courmantche and Toubou. The government operates La Voix du Sahel radio service in French and several Niger languages.1

Tamacheq and Tifinar languages had the status of national languages, but it remains unclear whether the government will promote the use of these languages as agreed in the peace agreement.

  1. “Country Profile; Comment & Analysis; Statistics; Tables,” in Niger: Review 1996, Africa Review World of Information, September 1995, 147.