 Chadic-speaking groups, including the Hausa, are found in more northerly parts of the region nearest to the Sahara, and Nilo-Saharan communities, such as the Songhai, Kanuri and Zarma, are found in the eastern parts of West Africa bordering Central Africa.The population of West Africa is estimated at /1e6 round 0 million people as of .In Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, the nomadic Tuareg speak the Tuareg language, a Berber language.