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West Chadic languages

African Language Families

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.

Facts
Region
Niger, Nigeria 1
Proto-Language Status
No full reconstruction of West Chadic has been published; Vaclav Blazek proposed reconstructed numerals for West Chadic and its subgroups in 2018. 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: West Chadic Languages
Wikipedia
  • Infobox, region field
    Niger, Nigeria
  • Reconstruction section
    Although no full reconstruction of West Chadic has been published, reconstructions of numerals for West Chadic and its subgroups have been proposed by Václav Blažek (2018).
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