East Chadic languages

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

East Chadic
Geographic
distribution
southern Chad and northern Cameroon
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Subdivisions
  • East Chadic A
  • East Chadic B
Glottologeast2632
East Chadic per Newman (1977)

Speakers of various East Chadic languages are locally known as Hadjarai peoples. The largest East Chadic language is Nancere.

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