Home›African Language Families›In Group›Afroasiatic: ChadicGroupAfroasiatic: ChadicThis group collects members of the Chadic branch of the Afroasiatic family, spoken around Lake Chad and across northern Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and the Central African Republic, including Hausa, the most widely spoken Chadic language and one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa as a whole, alongside numerous smaller and less documented Chadic languages of the same region. Placement follows each member's own description naming it Chadic.FactsAfroasiatic: ChadicSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested196 1Afroasiatic: ChadicFilter Results13 entriesMacro-areaAllAfroasiatic: Chadic (13)Parent Family (Classification Tree)AllAfro-Asiatic (1)Chadic (3)Speaker Count BandAll24,600 to 795,000 (3)592 to 23,000 (1)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (1)RegionAllAfrica (10)Nigeria (3)The Sahel (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (3)Classification StatusAllEstablished (7)Number of LanguagesAll1 (2)16 to 1,408 (5)6 to 15 (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13Angas languagesAfroasiatic: ChadicBade languagesAfroasiatic: ChadicBiu-Mandara languagesAfroasiatic: ChadicBole-Tangale languagesAfroasiatic: ChadicChadicAfroasiatic: ChadicEast Chadic languagesAfroasiatic: ChadicKujargeAfroasiatic: ChadicLaalAfroasiatic: ChadicMasa languagesAfroasiatic: ChadicNorth Bauchi languagesAfroasiatic: ChadicRon languagesAfroasiatic: ChadicSouth Bauchi languagesAfroasiatic: ChadicWest Chadic languagesAfroasiatic: ChadicSources1. Wikipedia: Chadic Languagestier 2Wikimedia FoundationLead section, first paragraph, language-count sentenceQuote, Lead section, first paragraph, language-count sentenceThey include 196 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, southern Chad, and northern Cameroon.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.