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Chadic
Chad·ic C0222700 (chăd′ĭk) n. A subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic language family, spoken in west-central Africa and including Hausa. Chad′ic adj. Chadic (ˈtʃædɪk) n (Languages) a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages, spoken in an area west and south of Lake Chad, the chief member of which is Hausaadj (Languages) denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languagesChad•ic (ˈtʃæd ɪk) n. a language family of Africa, a branch of the Afroasiatic family, that includes Hausa and a large number of less widely spoken languages of N Nigeria, N Cameroon, and Chad. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Chadic - a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central AfricaChadic language, ChadWest Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important memberBiu-Mandara - a group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake ChadEast Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in ChadMasa - an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languagesAfrasian, Afrasian language, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa |
Chadic
Synonyms for Chadicnoun a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central AfricaSynonymsRelated Words- West Chadic
- Biu-Mandara
- East Chadic
- Masa
- Afrasian
- Afrasian language
- Afroasiatic
- Afro-Asiatic
- Afroasiatic language
- Hamito-Semitic
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