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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Belonging or relating to the Chadic language family.

   "Hausa is the most widely spoken Chadic language."

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken across northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic and Cameroon.

Synonyms

All synonyms

chadchadchadic language

Example

More examples

"Coptic and the Chadic languages are probably the closest living languages to Berber."

Etymology

From Chad + -ic.

Related phrases

central african republic

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