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Chad has two official languages, Arabic and French, and over 120 indigenous languages. A vernacular version of Arabic, Chadian Arabic, is a lingua franca and the language of commerce, spoken by 40–60% of the population.cite-ref-0-1-0[1] French is widely spoken in the main cities such as N'Djamena and by most men in the south of the country. Most schooling is in French.cite-ref-2[2] The language with the most first-language speakers is probably Ngambay, with around one million speakers.cite-ref-3[3]

In April 2005 Chad joined the Arab League as an observer, before submitting an application to join the Arab League as a member state on 25 March 2014, cite-ref-4[4] which was still pending in 2025.

Chadian Sign Language is a variant of Nigerian Sign Language, a dialect of American Sign Language; Andrew Foster introduced ASL in the 1960s, and Chadian teachers for the deaf train in Nigeria.

• Niger–Congo languages

• Nilo-Saharan languages

• Afro-Asiatic languages

• Creole languages

• Unclassified languages

• References

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• Adamawa languages

• Goundo

• Kim (15,354, RGPH 1993)

• Moundang (160,000, RGPH 1993)

• Toupouri (90,785, RGPH, 1993)

• Bua languages: Bua, Niellim, Gula Iro, etc. (total < 30,000)

• Maban languages

• Maba (120,000, SIL 1991)

• Massalit (50,857, RGPH 1993)

• Karanga

• Kendeje

• Marfa