🇹🇩 Country
Chad
Chad is home to 157 languages, spoken across Central Africa. Explore them on the map or in the full list below.
Capital
N'Djamena
Nationality
Chadian
Currency
Central African CFA Franc (XAF)
Languages
157
Independence
Aug 11, 1960
130 active
25 endangered
2 extinct
Where the languages are spoken
Each bubble marks where a language is centred in Chad; its size reflects how many people speak it there. Click a bubble for the source.
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fewer / more speakers
Bubbles show a language's approximate centre, not its full extent. Speaker figures are our own estimates where a language lives in one country, and sourced per-country estimates where it crosses borders.
All languages in Chad
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Arabic
Amdang
Assangori
Bidiyo
100K
Birgit
Barein
Bedjond
Berakou
Besme
Endangered
Bolgo
Bon Gula
Boor
Endangered
Buduma
Buso
Bagirmi
200K
Dangaléat
Dazaga
Dagba
Daju Dar Daju
Daju Dar Sila
Day
Disa
Fula
Fulfulde Adamawa
Fulfulde Nigerian
Fur
Fania
Endangered
Fongoro
Endangered
Fulfulde Bagirmi
Gadang
Endangered
Gabri
Gidar
Gor
Goundo
Endangered
Gula
Gula Iro
Gulay
Herdé
Horo
Extinct
Hausa
Jaya
Endangered
Jonkor Bourmataguil
Endangered
Kanuri Yerwa
Kaba
Kaba Démé Sara
Kaba Naa Sara
Kabalai
Kajakse
Karang
Endangered
Karanga
Kendeje
Endangered
Kenga
Kera
Kibet
Kim
Kimré
Koke
Endangered
Kujarge
Endangered
Kulfa
Endangered
Kuo
Kwang
Kanembu
Laal
Endangered
Lagwan
Laka
Lele
Lutos
Masalit
Marghi
Mabaan
Maba
Mabire
Majera
Malgbe
Mambai
Endangered
Mango
Mararit
Marba
Marfa
Maslam
Endangered
Masmaje
Massalat
Endangered
Mbara
Endangered
Migaama
Miltu
Endangered
Mogum
Morom
Mpade
Mser
Mukulu
Mulgi
Musey
Musgu
Mbay
Mubi
130K Endangered
Masana
400K
Mundang
Mesme
110K
Muskum
Extinct
Ngambay
Nancere
Ndam
Ngam
Ngete
Niellim
Noy
Endangered
Nzakambay
Naba
550K
Pana
Endangered
Pévé
Runga
Saba
Endangered
Sar
Sarua
Sinyar
Sokoro
Somrai
Surbakhal
Tupuri
Tama
Tamki
Endangered
Tobanga
Toram
Endangered
Tumak
Tunia
Tedaga
Ubi
Zan Gula
Zerenkel
Zaghawa
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