Chadic languages

E84876

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Chadic languages canonical	29
Chadic	23
Central Chadic languages	2
Chadic branch	2
Afroasiatic languages of Nigeria	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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: northern Nigeria southern Niger ⓘ
writingSystemUsed	Arabic script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (59)

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 languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic language branch

West Chadic → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Maban languages → areContactWith → Chadic languages ⓘ

Taman languages → neighboringLanguageFamilies → Chadic languages ⓘ

Hausa people → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

Egyptian language family → relatedTo → Chadic languages ⓘ

Chadic languages → hasSubgroup → Chadic languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: East Chadic languages

Jarawan Bantu → hasContactInfluenceFrom → Chadic languages ⓘ

Ngizim → subFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Bade → languageBranch → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Warji → languageBranch → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Bole → subFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Karekare → languageSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Tangale → subfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Pero → languageBranch → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Ron → subclassOf → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic branch

Ron → languageBranch → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Mupun → hasSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Goemai → languageBranch → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Sayanci → subfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Guruntum → subFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Kirfi → languageBranch → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Dass → languageSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Barawa → languageBranch → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Barawa → isPartOf → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Afroasiatic languages of Nigeria

Tera → languageBranch → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Hona → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Angas–Sura subgroup → subclassOf → Chadic languages ⓘ

Ngamo → subfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Duwai → languageBranch → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Bura-Pabir → subfamilyOf → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Bura-Pabir → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

Miya → languageBranch → Chadic languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chadic

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 ⓘ

Middle Belt peoples of Nigeria → spokenLanguagesFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

Jarawa → languageSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Jarawa (Nigerian ethnic group)

Bachama → languageSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

Margi → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

Kilba → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

Babur/Bura people → languageFamily → Chadic languages ⓘ

Ngas → languageSubfamily → Chadic languages ⓘ