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Niger, [a] officially the Republic of the Niger, [b] is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state bordered by Libya to the northeast , Chad to the east , Nigeria to the south , Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest , Mali to the west , and Algeria to the northwest .
An enlargeable basic map of Niger. Pronunciation: / n iː ˈ ʒ ɛər / or / ˈ n aɪ dʒ ər / Common English country name: Niger; Official English country name: The Republic of Niger; Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): Nigerien; Demonym(s): ISO country codes: NE, NER, 562; ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:NE
It is the leading indigenous language of the southwestern lobe of the West African nation of Niger, where the Niger River flows and the capital city, Niamey, is located. Zarma is the second-most common language in the country, after Hausa, which is spoken in south-central Niger. With over 6 million speakers, Zarma is easily the most widely ...
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Republic of the Niger (official, English), The Niger a, République du Niger (official, French) NGA Nigeria a: Federal Republic of Nigeria (official, English), Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà , Jamhuriyar Taraiyar Najeriya , Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà MKD North Macedonia a
Niger, officially the Republic of Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. It borders Nigeria and Benin to the south, Burkina Faso and Mali to the west, Algeria and Libya to the north and Chad to the east. The capital city is Niamey.
Zarma , the most widely spoken Songhay language with two or three million speakers, is a major language of southwestern Niger (downriver from and south of Mali) including in the capital city, Niamey. Koyraboro Senni , with 400,000 speakers, is the language of the town of Gao, the seat of the old Songhai Empire.
" La Nigérienne" (French pronunciation: [la ni.ʒe.ʁjɛn]; "The Nigerien") is the former national anthem of Niger. The lyrics are by Maurice Albert Thiriet; Robert Jacquet and Nicolas Abel François Frionnet wrote the music. It was adopted as Niger's anthem in 1961 and relinquished in 2023.