West Chadic

/wɛst ˌtʃædɪk/
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Definitions of West Chadic
  1. noun
    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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