West Chadic languages
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| West Chadic | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Nigeria, Niger |
| Linguistic classification: | Afro-Asiatic
|
| 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.
[edit] 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 Dazawa language is undocumented but evidently belongs somewhere in branch A.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] References
- West Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org
- Ethnologue family tree for West Chadic languages
 |
This Afro-Asiatic languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
