What is Bade languages?
{{Infobox language family |name=Bade |altname=B.1 West Chadic |region=[[Borno State]] and [[Jigawa State]], [[Nigeria]] |familycolor=Afro-Asiatic |fam2=[[Chadic languages|Chadic]] |fam3=[[West Chadic languages|West Chadic]] |glotto=west2710 |glottorefname=West Chadic B.1 |map=West Chadic Languages.jpg |mapcaption=West Chadic per Newman (1977) }} The '''Bade''' (also called '''B.1''' West Chadic) languages are a branch of [[West Chadic languages]]. They are spoken in the [[Borno State|Borno]] and [[Jigawa State]]s of North [[Nigeria]]. [[Bade language|Bade]] is the most widely spoken Bade langauge. It is where the branch gets its name. ==Languages== The Bade languages are:<ref>Blench, Roger. 2006. [http://rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/General/AALIST.pdf The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List] (ms)</ref> *[[Duwai language|Duwai]] *[[Bade language|Bade]] *[[Shirawa language|Shira]] (†) *[[Ngizim language|Ngizim]] *[[Teshenawa language|Teshenawa]] (†) *[[Auyokawa language|Auyokawa]] (†) † = [[Extinct language]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:West Chadic languages]] [[Category:Languages of Nigeria]]