Country
Languages of Chad
The Linguasphere Register records 13 entries for Chad, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
13Register entries
4Sectors present
11Zones
2Language entries
0= AFRICA 1= AFRO-ASIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN
Register entries recorded in Chad
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
02= | SAHARIC | Zone | Covers the "Saharan" or "East-Saharan" grouping (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis). |
03= | SUDANIC | Zone | Covers the "Central Sudanic" grouping (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis). |
05= | EAST-SAHEL | Zone | Covers the "East-Sahel" reference area (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis). |
12= | SEMITIC | Zone | Covers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
17= | CHARIC | Zone | Covers the "East Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic … |
18= | MANDARIC | Zone | Covers the "Biu + Mandara" or "Central Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic … |
19= | BAUCHIC | Zone | Covers the "West Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic … |
51= | ROMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
90-BAA-b | Fulfulde-E | Outer | part of "fula", ful-be community, pul-lo person, in [19] Hausa: fulani, fulatanci, filanci, in [51] Français: peulh … |
90-BAA-bg | fula-adamawa | Inner | Yola… Garoua |
90= | ATLANTIC | Zone | Covers the "Atlantic" ("old West-Atlantic less Mel") reference area, within the "Transafrican" continental affinity. |
92= | ADAMAWIC | Zone | Covers the "Adamawa" reference area within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican" continental … |
93= | UBANGIC | Zone | Covers the "Ubangian" or "Eastern" grouping, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity within the wider "Transafrican … |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.