| Biu–Mandara | |
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| Central Chadic | |
| Geographic distribution: |
Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon |
| Linguistic classification: | Afro-Asiatic
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| Subdivisions: |
Biu–Mandara A
Biu–Mandara B
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The Biu–Mandara or Central Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.[1] The most widely spoken is Kamwe, with 300,000 speakers.
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The branches of Biu–Mandara go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format. Including the language count in Ethnologue, the constituent languages and language groups are: