Chadic
a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa • Syn: Chad, Chadic language • Hypernyms: Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Hamito-Semitic • Hyponyms: West Chadic, Biu-Mandara, East Chadic, Masa
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