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Chadic languages

The Chadic languages form a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken in parts of the Sahel. They include 196 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, southern Chad, and northern Cameroon. By far the most widely spoken Chadic language is Hausa, a lingua franca of much of inland Eastern West Africa, particularly Niger and…

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Geographic distribution
Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon
Glottolog
chad1250
ISO 639-5
cdc
Linguistic classification
Chadic
Native speakers
c. 80 million
Proto-language
Proto-Chadic

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Chadic languages

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples16
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Chadic languages

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related to Loanwords · 6
Chadic languages → Adamawa, Although Adamawa, Chadic, Maban, Nilo-Saharan, Songhay
Subdivisions · 4
Chadic languages → Biu–Mandara, East Chadic, Masa, West Chadic
Geographic distribution · 1
Chadic languages → Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon
Glottolog · 1
Chadic languages → chad1250
ISO 639-5 · 1
Chadic languages → cdc
Linguistic classification · 1
Chadic languages → Chadic
Native speakers · 1
Chadic languages → c. 80 million
Proto-language · 1
Chadic languages → Proto-Chadic

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chadic language languages nigeria spoken east west niger hausa chad paul newman afroasiatic africa speakers cameroon northern proto-chadic linguistic classification

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Chadic languagesGeographic distributionNigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon1.00infobox
Chadic languagesGlottologchad12501.00infobox
Chadic languagesISO 639-5cdc1.00infobox
Chadic languagesLinguistic classificationChadic1.00infobox
Chadic languagesNative speakersc. 80 million1.00infobox
Chadic languagesProto-languageProto-Chadic1.00infobox
Chadic languagesSubdivisionsBiu–Mandara1.00infobox
Chadic languagesSubdivisionsEast Chadic1.00infobox
Chadic languagesSubdivisionsMasa1.00infobox
Chadic languagesSubdivisionsWest Chadic1.00infobox
Chadic languagesrelated to LoanwordsChadic0.60section
Chadic languagesrelated to LoanwordsNilo-Saharan0.60section

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