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Arabic (Chad)

Language variety
Chadian Arabic, also known as Shuwa Arabic, Western Sudanic Arabic, or West Sudanic Arabic, is a variety of Arabic and the first language of 1.6 million people, both town dwellers and nomadic cattle herders. Most of its speakers live in central... Wikipedia
Language family: Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > West Semitic > Central Semitic > Arabic > Chadian Arabic
Native to: Chad, Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria
Speakers: L1: 2.3 million (2005–2023); L2: 70,000 (2013)
Writing system: Arabic alphabet