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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 |