乍得語族
| 乍得語族 | |
|---|---|
| 地理分佈 | 尼日利亞、尼日爾、乍得、中非共和國及喀麥隆 |
| 譜系學分類 | 亞非語系
|
| 分支 | |
| ISO 639-5 | cdc |
| – | |
 查德語族在非洲的分布 | |
乍得語族(Chadic languages)是亞非語系（閃含語系）之下的語族之一，語言人口主要分布於中、西非的尼日利亞北部、尼日爾、乍得、中非共和國及喀麥隆。乍得語族大致上可以分為比烏-曼達拉語支、東乍得語支、西乍得語支和馬薩Masa語支四個語支。
豪薩語是乍得語族中語言人口分布最廣泛的語言，屬於西乍得語支，亦是西非的非官方通用語。
分支
- 比烏-曼達拉語支 (Biu-Mandara)
- 東乍得語支 (East Chadic)
- East Chadic A
- East Chadic A.1
- East Chadic A.2
- East Chadic A.3
- East Chadic B
- East Chadic B.1
- East Chadic B.2
- Mukulu (moz)
- East Chadic B.3
- East Chadic A
- 馬薩語支 Masa
- 西乍得語支 (West Chadic)
參考文獻
- Ethnologue entry for Chadic languages （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
- Lukas, Johannes (1936) 'The linguistic situation in the Lake Chad area in Central Africa.' Africa, 9, 332–349.
- Newman, Paul (1977) 'Chadic classification and reconstructions.' Afroasiatic Linguistics 5, 1, 1–42.
- Newman, Paul (1978) 'Chado-Hamitic 'adieu': new thoughts on Chadic language classification', in Fronzaroli, Pelio (ed.), Atti del Secondo Congresso Internazionale di Linguistica Camito-Semitica. Florence: Instituto de Linguistica e di Lingue Orientali, Università di Firenze, 389–397.
- Newman, Paul (1980) The Classification of Chadic within Afroasiatic. Leiden: Universitaire Pers Leiden.
- Newman, Paul and Ma, Roxana (1966) 'Comparative Chadic: phonology and lexicon.' Journal of African Languages, 5, 218–251.
- Schuh, Russell (2003) 'Chadic overview', in M. Lionel Bender, Gabor Takacs, and David L. Appleyard (eds.), Selected Comparative-Historical Afrasian Linguistic Studies in Memory of Igor M. Diakonoff, LINCOM Europa, 55–60.
