The largest ethnic groups are the Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. Tiv, Yoruba, Igbo, Efik, Birom, Hausa, Idoma, Eggon or Jarawa. Major languages are Hausa and Fulani. There has been special focus on such regions as Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. In one year, Lugard recruited 2600 troops, evenly split between Hausa and Yoruba. Fulani in English is borrowed from the Hausa term. Tiv, Idoma, Igede, Etulo, Abakpa, Jukun, Hausa, Igbo, Akweya and Nyifon. Zamfara is populated with the Hausa and Fulani peoples. These oral traditions exist in many languages including Fula, Swahili, Hausa, and Wolof . Jihad fever swept northern Nigeria, with strong support among both the Fulani and the Hausa. He preferred to advance prominent Hausa and Fulani leaders from traditional structures. Other slaves were taken from the Wolof, Fula, Hausa and Kongo peoples. Boko is a Latin alphabet used to write the Hausa language. Older Arabic loanwords in Hausa were borrowed from Kanuri. This version is made for Hausa in Nigeria.