Chadic Definition

chădĭk

noun

A subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Hausa and a large number of other languages of N Nigeria and of Chad.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

adjective

Designating or of any or all of these languages.

Webster's New World

(linguistics) Belonging to a language family spoken across northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic and Cameroon.

Hausa is the most widely spoken Chadic language.

Wiktionary

Origin of Chadic

Find similar words to Chadic using the buttons below.