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Languages
Some 250 languages spoken in Cameroon, with their speakers and families.
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- Hausa language5 million people in West Africa, primarily by the Hausa people in Niger (where it is the sole official language, having replaced French in 2025) and Nigeria.
- Hdi languageHdi (Hedi, Xədi, Tur) is an Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon and Nigeria.
- Hijuk languageHijuk is a nearly extinct Bantu language of Cameroon. 50), but according to Ethnologue, it has only 31% lexical similarity with Bafia, and 87% with Basaa.
- Hina languageThe Mina language, also known by the names Hina and Besleri, is a Chadic language spoken in Northern Cameroon by around 11,000 people. Speakers of Mina are generally bilingual, with Fulfulde (Fula) being the second language.
- Hya languageHya is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and neighboring regions of Nigeria.