Chad·ic (ch d  k)n. A branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, spoken in west-central Africa and including Hausa. |
Chadic [ˈtʃædɪk]
n
(Linguistics / 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 Hausa
adj
(Linguistics / Languages) denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages
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| Noun | 1. | Chadic - a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa West Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member Biu-Mandara - a group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad East Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad Masa - an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa |
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