Chadic languages

E84876

The Chadic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily around Lake Chad in countries such as Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger, and include major languages like Hausa.

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Generate an image of the Chadic languages (The Chadic languages are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily around Lake Chad in countries such as Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger, and include major languages like Hausa.)

All labels observed (10)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic languages branch ⓘ
language family branch ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfLanguages over 150 ⓘ
geneticRelationship related to Berber languages ⓘ
related to Cushitic languages ⓘ
related to Omotic languages ⓘ
related to Semitic languages ⓘ
hasSubgroup Central Chadic languages ⓘ
East Chadic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages

Masa languages ⓘ
West Chadic languages ⓘ
languageWithMostSpeakers Hausa ⓘ
largestLanguage Hausa ⓘ
linguisticClassificationProposedBy Joseph Greenberg ⓘ
majorLanguage Bade ⓘ
Bole ⓘ
Bura ⓘ
Gidar ⓘ
Gude ⓘ
Hausa ⓘ
Kotoko languages ⓘ
Mandara ⓘ
Margi ⓘ
Masa ⓘ
Mofu-Gudur ⓘ
Mubi ⓘ
Ngas ⓘ
Tera ⓘ
Warji ⓘ
primaryEthnolinguisticArea Sahel ⓘ
Sudan savanna ⓘ
spokenInCountry Cameroon ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
spokenInRegion Lake Chad basin ⓘ
subfamilyOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
timeOfMajorClassification mid 20th century ⓘ
typologicalFeature rich consonant inventories ⓘ
root-and-pattern morphology ⓘ
tonal languages ⓘ
verb–subject–object word order ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn northern Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Northern Nigeria

southern Niger ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

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Referenced by (123)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afroasiatic languages → hasSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Afroasiatic languages → includesLanguage → Chadic languages ⓘ
West Chadic → partOf → Chadic languages ⓘ
West Chadic → subclassOf → Chadic language branch ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
West Chadic → languageFamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Maban languages → areContactWith → Chadic languages ⓘ
Hausa people → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Egyptian language family → relatedTo → Chadic languages ⓘ
Chadic languages → hasSubgroup → East Chadic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Jarawan Bantu → hasContactInfluenceFrom → Chadic languages ⓘ
Ngizim → subFamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Bade → languageBranch → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Warji → languageBranch → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Bole → subFamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Karekare → languageSubfamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Tangale → subfamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Pero → languageBranch → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Ron → subclassOf → Chadic branch ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Ron → languageBranch → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Mupun → hasSubfamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Goemai → languageBranch → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Sayanci → subfamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Guruntum → subFamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Kirfi → languageBranch → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Dass → languageSubfamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Barawa → languageBranch → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Barawa → isPartOf → Afroasiatic languages of Nigeria ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Tera → languageBranch → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Hona → languageFamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Angas–Sura subgroup → subclassOf → Chadic languages ⓘ
Ngamo → subfamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Duwai → languageBranch → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Bura-Pabir → subfamilyOf → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Bura-Pabir → languageFamily → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Miya → languageBranch → Chadic ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages
Roger Blench → hasWorkedOn → Chadic languages ⓘ
Kotoko → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Buduma → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Shuwa Arabic → influencedBy → Chadic languages ⓘ
Central Sudan → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Gerawa → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Sayawa → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Jarawa (Nigerian ethnic group) → languageSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
subject linked to: Jarawa
Bachama → languageSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Margi → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Kilba → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Babur/Bura people → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Ngas → languageSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ