English noun: Chadic language | |||
1. | Chadic language (communication) a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa | ||
Synonyms | Chad, Chadic | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Biu-Mandara, East Chadic, Masa, West Chadic | ||