Chadic (Noun)
Meaning
A family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Chadic languages are the group that Hausa belongs to, which is spoken by over 50 million people.
- The Chadic family of languages is unique for its extensive use of tone to distinguish meanings.
- The majority of Chadic speakers live in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and the Central African Republic.
- Chadic languages also exhibit complex grammatical structures, such as extensive systems of noun class and verb conjugation.
- Chadic linguistic research has been hindered by the lack of data and documentation of many of the languages within the family.