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adj
Belonging or relating to the Chadic language family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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name
A branch of the Afroasiatic language family spoken across northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic and Cameroon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Chad, Chadic language
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic
Narrower terms: West Chadic, Biu-Mandara, East Chadic, Masa
History
From Chad + -ic.
Across languages
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