West Chadic languages

West Chadic
Geographic
distribution
Niger, Nigeria
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologwest2785
West Chadic per Newman (1977)

The West Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken principally in Niger and Nigeria. They include Hausa, the most populous Chadic language and a major language of West Africa.