The three dozen East Chadic languages of the Chadic family are spoken in

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. Speakers of various East Chadic languages are locally known as Hadjarai peoples. The largest East Chadic language is Nancere.

Languages

The branches of East Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format. The East Chadic B classification follows that of Lovestrand (2012). *East Chadic **East Chadic A *** ****(A.1.1) Sibine:

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, Ndam, Somrai, Tumak, Motun, Mawer ****(A.1.2) Miltu: Boor, Gadang, Miltu, Sarua *** ****(A.2.1) Nancere:Languages in both the Nancere and Gabri branches go by the names of Kimre and Gabri. The two branches together are sometimes also called Gabri. Nancere, Kimré, Lele ****(A.2.2) Gabri: Gabri, Kabalai, Tobanga ***(A.3) Kwang: Kwang, Kera **East Chadic B *** ****(B.1.1) Dangla: Bidiyo (Bidiya), Dangaléat (Dangla), Birgit, Jonkor Bourmataguil, Mabire, Migaama, Mogum (Jegu), Toram ****(B.1.2) Mubi:

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, Kajakse, Masmaje, Zirenkel (Zerenkel) ****(B.1.3) ? '' Kujargé'' ***(B.2) '' Mokilko'' (Mukulu, Gergiko) ***(B.3) Sokoro: Saba, Sokoro, Tamki, Mawa, UbiPreviously classified as Dangla ***(B.4) Barein (Baraïn) (including the Jalking or Jelkung dialect) Peust (2018), however, has a somewhat different phylogenetic classification for East Chadic. The most striking change is the repositioning of Mokilko (B.2) from East Chadic B to East Chadic A, where it now constitutes the first branch to separate, followed by Lele-Nancere (A.2.1). Within East Chadic B, he treats the Mubi group (B.1.2) as the first primary branching, with all the rest forming a subgroup divided between Dangla (B.1.1) in the north and Barain plus Sokoro (B.3 and B.4) in the south. East Chadic A is distributed primarily in Tandjilé and neighbouring regions. East Chadic B is distributed primarily in Guéra and neighbouring regions. Oxfam and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016.
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'. 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d'Appui à l'Amélioration du Système d'Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).

Numerals

Comparison of numerals in individual languages:

References

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