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Saharan languages

 
Wikipedia: Saharan languages
 
Saharan
Geographic
distribution:
Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Cameroon
Genetic
classification
:
Nilo-Saharan
 Saharan
Subdivisions:
Eastern Saharan
Western Saharan

The Saharan languages are a small family of Nilo-Saharan languages spoken across parts of the eastern Sahara, extending from northwestern Darfur to southern Libya, north and central Chad, eastern Niger and northeastern Nigeria. Noted Saharan languages include Kanuri, Teda, Dazaga, and Zaghawa.

Internal classification

Saharan 
 Eastern 

 Beri (extinct), Zaghawa


 Western 
 Kanuri 

 Kanuri (Bilma, Manga, Tumari, Central), Kanembu


 Tebu 

 Dazaga, Tedaga





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