Proper noun
A branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken across northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic and Cameroon.
Adjective
Belonging or relating to the Chadic language family.
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Hausa is the most widely spoken Chadic language.
Noun
a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
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