chadic

Definition of Chadic in English :

a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chadic

noun

1.

a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages, spoken in an area west and south of Lake Chad, the chief member of which is Hausa

adjective

2.

denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages

noun

1.

a subfamily of the Afroasiatic family of languages, including Hausa and a large number of other languages of N Nigeria and of Chad

adjective

2.

designating or of any or all of these languages

n.

A subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic language family, spoken in west-central Africa and including Hausa.