West Chadic | |
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Geographic distribution | Niger, Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Afro-Asiatic
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Glottolog | west2785 |
West Chadic per Newman (1977) |
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.