The three dozen East Chadic languages of the
Chadic family are spoken in
Chad and
Cameroon
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.
Speakers of various East Chadic languages are locally known as
Hadjarai peoples.
The largest East Chadic language is
Nancere.
Languages
The branches of East Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format.
The East Chadic B classification follows that of Lovestrand (2012).
*East Chadic A
**Sibine (A.1.1):
Mire
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,
Ndam,
Somrai,
Tumak,
Motun,
Mawer
**Miltu (A.1.2):
Boor,
Gadang,
Miltu,
Sarua
**Nancere (A.2.1):
[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.] Nancere,
Kimré,
Lele
**Gabri (A.2.2):
[ Gabri, Kabalai, Tobanga
**Kwang (A.3): ]Kwang
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Hanja and meaning
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, Kera
*East Chadic B
**B.1
***Dangla (B.1.1): Bidiyo (Bidiya), Dangaléat (Dangla), Birgit
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* Bir ...
, Jonkor Bourmataguil, Mabire, Migaama, Mogum (Jegu), Toram
***Mubi (B.1.2): Mubi
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, Kajakse, Masmaje, Zirenkel (Zerenkel)
***? '' Kujargé'' (B.1.3)
**'' Mokilko'' (Mukulu, Gergiko) (B.2)
**Sokoro (B.3): Saba Saba may refer to:
Places
* Saba (island), an island of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean Sea
* Şaba (Romanian for Shabo), a town of the Odesa Oblast, Ukraine
* Sabá, a municipality in the department of Colón, Honduras
* Saba (river), ...
, Sokoro
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, Tamki, Mawa, Ubi
** Barein (Baraïn) (B.4, including the Jalking or Jelkung dialect)
Peust (2018), however, has a somewhat different phylogenetic classification for East Chadic.[ Oxfam and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016. ]
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'. 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d'Appui à l'Amélioration du Système d'Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).
Numerals
Comparison of numerals in individual languages:
References
{{East Chadic languages
Chadic languages
Languages of Chad