| covers the "East Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" phylozone intercontinental affinity; comprising 7 sets of languages (= 41 outer languages) spoken by communities in North Central Africa, in and around the Chari-Logone basin (whence the term "Charic", as distinct from "Chadic"): 17-A MUBI + DANGLA 17-B MOKIL + MEZIM 17-C SOKORO + BAREIN 17-D SOMRAI + MILTU 17-E KWANG + KERA 17-F MASA + ZIME 17-G GIDAR + LAM |