The Chadic languages constitute a language family spoken across northern Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic and Cameroon, belonging to the Afro-Asiatic phylum. The most widely spoken Chadic language's Hausa, the lingua franca of much of West Africa. Newman 1977 divided the family into four groups, which have been accepted in all subsequent literature: West Chadic languages » Two branches, which include :(A) the Hausa, Ron, Bole, and Angas languages; and » :(B) the Bade, Warji, and… (More on Chadic)