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West Chadic

DEFINITIONS OF: West Chadic

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n a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member

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Hausa, Haussa
the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
Bolanci, Bole
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa
Angas
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa
Bokkos, Daffo, Ron
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
Bade
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
Warji
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
Sayanci, Zaar
a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
Type of:
Chad, Chadic, Chadic language
a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
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