The West Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic

Afro-Asiatic languages

The Afroasiatic languages , also known as Hamito-Semitic, constitute one of the world's largest language families, with about 375 living languages...

 family are spoken principally in Niger and Nigeria. They include Hausa

Hausa language

Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 25 million people, and as a second language by about 18 million more, an approximate total of 43 million people...

, the most populous Chadic language and the major language of West Africa.

Languages

The branches of West Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format. Including the language count in Ethnologue

Ethnologue

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15, the constituent languages and language groups are:

• West Chadic A (43 languages)
  • A.1. Hausa
    Hausa language
    Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 25 million people, and as a second language by about 18 million more, an approximate total of 43 million people...
    
    –Gwandara
    Gwandara language
    Gwandara is a West Chadic language, and the closest relative of Hausa. Its several dialects are spoken in northern Nigeria by about 30,000 people....
    
     (2)
  • A.2. Bole–Tangale (21)
  • A.3. Angas–Gerka
    Angas–Gerka languages
    The Angas–Gerka languages, group A.3 of the West Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family, are spoken in Plateau State, Nigeria.-Languages:*Yiwom *Angas...
    
     (12)
  • A.4. Ron–Fyer
    Ron–Fyer languages
    The Ron–Fyer languages, group A.4 of the West Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family, are spoken in Nigeria.-Languages:Fyer:Fyer, TambasRon:Ron, Duhwa, Kulere, Mundat, Sha- References :*...
    
     (7)
• West Chadic B (29 languages)
  • B.1. Bade–Ngizim
    Bade–Ngizim languages
    The Bade–Ngizim languages, group B.1 of the West Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family, are spoken in Jigawa, Kano, and Yobe States, Nigeria. The Auyokawa and Teshenawa languages are extinct.-Languages:*Auyokawa*Duwai...
    
     (5)
  • B.2. North Bauchi (10)
  • B.3. Barawa
    Barawa languages
    The Barawa or Saya languages, group B.3 of the West Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, are spoken in Nigeria.-Languages:DassJimiBoghom:Boghom, Kir-Balar, MangasGuruntum:Guruntum-Mbaaru, Ju, Tala, Zangwal...
    
     (14)

In addition, the Dazawa language is undocumented but evidently belongs somewhere in branch A.