thumb|right|200px|Main Chadic-speaking peoples in Nigeria.
thumb|200px|Hausa-speaking areas in Nigeria and Niger 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.
Languages
The branches of West Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format.Blench, Roger.
2006.
The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
Hausa–Gwandara (A.1): Hausa, Gwandara
Bole–Angas (?)
Bole–Tangale (A.2)
North (Bole proper): Bure, Karekare, Bole, Gera, Geruma, Deno, Galambu, Giiwo, Kubi, Ngamo, Maaka (Maagha), Ɓeele, Daza (Dazawa), ?Pali
South (Tangale): Kwaami, Pero, Piya-Kwonci, Kholok, Nyam, Kushi (Goji), Kutto (Kupto), Tangale, Dera (Kanakuru)
Angas (Central West Chadic) (A.3)Blench, Roger.
2017.
Current research on the A3 West Chadic languages.
Ngasic: Ngas (Angas), Belnəng
Mwaghavulic: Mwaghavul, Mupun (Mapun), Takas (Toos); Cakfem-Mushere
Miship (Chip)
Pan cluster
Chakato/Jorto
Jipal, Mernyang (Mirriam), Kwagallak, Kofyar (Doemak), Bwol, Goram, Jibyal
Nteng
Tel (Tɛɛl, Montol)
Talic: Tal, Pyapun, Koenoem
Goemaic: Goemai
Yiwom (Ywom, Gerka)
Ron (A.4):Blench, Roger.
Comparative Ron wordlist.
Fyer, Tambas, Ron (Bokkos, Daffo-Butura, Mangar, Monguna), Shagawu, Duhwa (Karfa), Kulere (Tof, Richa, Kamwai-Marhai), Mundat, Sha
Bade–Warji (?)
Bade (B.1): Duwai; Bade, Shira (†), Ngizim, Teshenawa (†), Auyokawa (†)
Warji (North BauchiBlench, Roger. 2012.
Linguistic and cultural background to the North Bauchi region and the Wiihə people.) (B.2)
: Pa'a; Warji, Diri, Ciwogai, Kariya (Vinahə), Mburku, Miya, Siri, Zumbun (Jimbin), Ajawa (†)
Barawa (South Bauchi) (B.3)
Zaar: Dass; Geji, Polci (Polchi), Saya, Zari, Zeem
Guruntum: Guruntum-Mbaaru, Ju, Tala, Zangwal
Boghom: Jimi, Jum; Boghom, Kir-Balar, Mangas
In addition, Poki is unclassified within West Chadic.
Internal structure
George Starostin's (2010) internal classification of West ChadicStarostin, George.
2010.
Afroasiatic classification: preliminary results of the modified glottochronological test.
Manuscript.
as presented in Blažek (2010):
West Chadic
West Chadic A
Hausa–Gwandara
(branch)
Ron
Bole-Angas
Bole–Tangale
Angas–Sura
West Chadic B
Bade–Ngizim
Bauchi
North Bauchi
South Bauchi
Roger Blench's (2021) internal classification of West Chadic:Blench, Roger.
2021.
The erosion of number marking in West Chadic Roger Blench.
WOCAL, Leiden.
West Chadic
Hausa–Gwandara
Core West Chadic
Ron
Bole–Tangale
Bade–Ngizim
North Bauchi
South Bauchi, A3 (Central-West)
Distribution
Distributions of West Chadic branches:
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Reconstruction
Although no full reconstruction of West Chadic has been published, reconstructions of numerals for West Chadic and its subgroups have been proposed by Václav Blažek (2018).Blažek, Václav.
2018.
The numerals of West Chadic.
Topics in Chadic Linguistics IX.
Papers from the 8th Biennial International Colloquium on the Chadic Languages, Bayreuth, February 4-5, 2016.
Numerals
Comparison of numerals in individual languages:
References
External links
The Yobe Languages Research Project by the late Russell G. Schuh of UCLA
West Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org
