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...
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West Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken principally in Niger and Nigeria. They include Hausa, the most populous Chadic language and...
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languages of Nigeria are divided into Chadic, Semitic and Berber. Among these categories, Chadic languages predominate, with more than 700 languages....
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Angas, Angas–Sura, or Central West Chadic languages (also known as A.3 West Chadic) are a branch of West Chadic languages spoken in Plateau State, north-central...
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or Central Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. A reconstruction of Proto-Central Chadic has been proposed...
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Afro-Asiatic language of Bauchi State, Nigeria. It is part of the Barawa cluster, which is in turn part of the West Chadic language family. The Polci language is...
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The South Bauchi languages (also called the B.3 West Chadic or Barawa languages) are a branch of West Chadic languages that are spoken in Bauchi State...
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Other major Afroasiatic languages include the Cushitic Oromo language with 45 million native speakers, Chadic Hausa language with over 34 million, the...
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outside Gadaka. Ngamo is a member of the West Branch of Chadic and is hence related to Hausa, the dominant language throughout northern Nigeria. Ngamo’s closest...
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ethnolinguistic groups, who speak languages belonging to the Niger–Congo and West Chadic language groups. Below are the languages and dialects spoken by the...
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The Bole–Tangale languages (also known as the A.2 West Chadic languages) are a branch of West Chadic languages that are spoken in various states of northeastern...
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The Hausa–Gwandara languages (also known as the A.1 West Chadic languages) of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken principally in Niger and Nigeria. They...
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The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms) Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages. Blench, Roger...
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(Wurkum) is a minor West Chadic language of Karim Lamido LGA, Taraba State, Nigeria that was recently discovered by Roger Blench. The language is not reported...
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The Ron, Ronic or Ron–Fyer languages, group A.4 of the West Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, are spoken in Plateau State, north-central...
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Fyer (also known as Fier) is a West Chadic language spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria. The Fyer tribe has a population of approximately 35,000 people. It...
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The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms) Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages. A Sociolinguistic...
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a Chadic language spoken in Bauchi and Alkaleri LGAs, Bauchi State, Nigeria. In 1993 it was spoken by about 15,000 people. Guruntum is a West Chadic language...
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South Bauchi (West Chadic) languages: Boghom, Buli, Dott, Geji, Sayanci and Zul" by Ronald Cosper, Munich: LINCOM EUROPA, 1999". Chadic Newsletter. 23:...
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Goji, also Kushi or Chong'e, is a West Chadic language of Nigeria. Batic, Gian Claudio (2017). "A Kushi-English-Hausa Wordlist". Linguistic Discovery....
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Bade (also spelled Bede, Bedde, or Bode) is a West Chadic language spoken by the Bade people in Yobe State and Jigawa State, Nigeria. Their traditional...
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area, Bure is surrounded by other Chadic languages such as Gera, Giiwo and Deno (Bole group). Compared to other languages of the same group (e.g. Bole or...
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a West Chadic language of Nigeria. Pero at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed...
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Mburku or Burku is an Afro-Asiatic language belonging to the West-Chadic subgroup of the Chadic languages. It is estimated to be spoken by 7,000-10,000...
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The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms) Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages. v t e v t e...
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The North Bauchi languages (also called the B.2 West Chadic or Warji languages) are a branch of West Chadic languages that are spoken in Bauchi State,...
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Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages. Blench, Roger. 2004. Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria. Longtau, Selbut...
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GEN:genitive INSIDE:inside Goemai (also Ankwe) is an Afro-Asiatic (Chadic, West Chadic A) language spoken in the Great Muri Plains region of Plateau State in...
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The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms) Blench, Roger. 2017. Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages. v t e v t e...
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The Bade languages (also known as B.1 West Chadic or the Bade–Ngizim languages) are a branch of West Chadic languages that are spoken in Borno State and...
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