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 a 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. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "West Chadic". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

References


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