Chadic languages

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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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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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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