west chadic

Noun
  1. A group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria;
    Hausa in the most important member (synset 106996181)
    is a type of: chad, chadic, chadic language - a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
    subtypes:
    • hausa, haussa - the chief member of the Chadic family of Afroasiatic languages; widely used as a trading language
    • bolanci, bole - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa
    • angas - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa
    • bokkos, daffo, ron - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
    • bade - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
    • warji - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria
    • sayanci, zaar - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria

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