West Chadic languages

West Chadic
Geographic
distribution:
Nigeria, Niger
Linguistic classification:

Afro-Asiatic

Subdivisions:
  • Hausa
  • Bole–Angas
  • Bade–Warji
  • Barawa
Glottolog: west2785[1]

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West Chadic per Newman (1977)
Main Chadic-speaking peoples in Nigeria.
Hausa-speaking areas in Nigeria and Niger.

The West Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken principally in Niger and Nigeria. They include Hausa, the most populous Chadic language and the major language of West Africa.

Languages

The branches of West Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format.[2]

In addition, Poki is unclassified within West Chadic.

Notes

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "West Chadic". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

References


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