Home›African Language Families›Macro-area›Afroasiatic: Chadic›All Afroasiatic: ChadicBrowse ByAll Afroasiatic: 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.FactsAll Afroasiatic: ChadicSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Living LanguagesWell-attested196 1All Afroasiatic: ChadicFilter Results13 entriesParent 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)In GroupAllAfroasiatic: Chadic (13)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13Angas languagesAfrican Language FamiliesBade languagesAfrican Language FamiliesBiu-Mandara languagesAfrican Language FamiliesBole-Tangale languagesAfrican Language FamiliesChadicAfrican Language FamiliesEast Chadic languagesAfrican Language FamiliesKujargeAfrican Language FamiliesLaalAfrican Language FamiliesMasa languagesAfrican Language FamiliesNorth Bauchi languagesAfrican Language FamiliesRon languagesAfrican Language FamiliesSouth Bauchi languagesAfrican Language FamiliesWest Chadic languagesAfrican Language FamiliesSources1. 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.