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covers the "West Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental affinity; comprising 8 sets of languages (= 82 outer languages) spoken by communities in West Africa, most centered on or around the Bauchi plateau (whence the term "Bauchic"): 19-A TANGLE+ DERA 19-B PIKA+ DENO 19-C JALALUM+ PAKARO 19-D NGEZEM+ SAR 19-E SAYA+ GURUNTUM 19-F NGAS+ YIWOM 19-G BOKKOS+ FYEER 19-H HAUSA+ GWANDARA |