East Chadic languages

East Chadic
Geographic
distribution:
Chad, Cameroon
Linguistic classification:

Afro-Asiatic

Subdivisions:
  • East Chadic A
  • East Chadic B
Glottolog: east2632[1]

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East Chadic per Newman (1977)

The three dozen East Chadic languages of the Chadic family are spoken in Chad and Cameroon.[2]

Languages

The branches of East Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format.[3]

References

  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "East Chadic". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International.
  3. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms); Buso deleted as a separate branch per Hammarström (2015)
  4. 1 2 Languages in both the Nancere and Gabri branches go by the names of Kimre and Gabri. The two branches together are sometimes also called Gabri.
  5. Previously considered a dialect of Saba
  6. Kujargé appears to have ties with the Mubi languages, but perhaps not genetic ones. Its classification is uncertain.
  7. Previously classified as Dangla


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