Chadic languages

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Afroasiatic languages branch language family branch

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Chadic 1
Chadic language branch 1
East Chadic languages 1

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 ⓘ
Chadic languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Niger ⓘ
writingSystemUsed Arabic script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Maban languages → areContactWith → Chadic languages ⓘ
Afroasiatic languages → hasSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
Chadic languages → hasSubgroup → Chadic languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Chadic languages
Afroasiatic languages → includesLanguage → Chadic languages ⓘ
Hausa people → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
West Chadic → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chadic
West Chadic → partOf → Chadic languages ⓘ
Egyptian language family → relatedTo → Chadic languages ⓘ
West Chadic → subclassOf → Chadic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chadic language branch