| West Chadic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Nigeria, Niger |
| Genetic classification: |
Afro-Asiatic Chadic West Chadic |
| Subdivisions: |
West Chadic A
West Chadic B
|
The West Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken principally in Niger and Nigeria.[1] They include Hausa, the most populous Chadic language and the major language of West Africa.
Languages
The branches of West Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format. Including the language count in Ethnologue 15, the constituent languages and language groups are:
- West Chadic A (43 languages)
- A.1. Hausa-Gwandara (2)
- A.2. Bole-Tangale (21)
- A.3. Angas-Gerka (12)
- A.4. Ron-Fyer (7)
- West Chadic B (29 languages)
- B.1. Bade-Ngizim (5)
- B.2. North Bauchi (10)
- B.3. Barawa (14)
In addition, the moribund Luri language is West Chadic, though its classification is unclear. The Daza language is undocumented but evidently belongs to branch A.
Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
References
- West Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org
- Ethnologue entry for West Chadic languages
 |
This Afro-Asiatic languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
