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Which Afro-Asiatic languages are spoken around Lake Chad?

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Afro-Asiatic languages Distribution of the Afro-Asiatic languages.

The Chado-Hamitic group, which is a branch of the Afro-Asiatic languages, is represented in the Lake Chad region. These languages are related to Hausa, which is spoken in Nigeria and is also found among ethnic groups in the vicinity of Lake Chad.12

It is important to clarify that many languages spoken around Lake Chad belong to other language families. For instance, the Saharan languages—including Kanuri, Kanembu, and Teda—are classified as Nilo-Saharan languages, not Afro-Asiatic. Additionally, while Arabic is spoken in the region, it is a Semitic language, which is a separate major branch of the Afro-Asiatic family.31