Saharan languages

Saharan
Geographic distribution:	Chad, Nigeria, Niger, Sudan, Cameroon
Linguistic classification:	Nilo-Saharan Saharan
Subdivisions:	Eastern Saharan Western Saharan

The Saharan languages are a small family of languages spoken across parts of the eastern Sahara, extending from northwestern Darfur to southern Libya, north and central Chad, eastern Niger and northeastern Nigeria. Noted Saharan languages include Kanuri, Tedaga, Dazaga, and Zaghawa. They are a part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan family.

Internal classification

Saharan	Eastern   Berti (aka Sagato; extinct), Zaghawa (aka Beria)  Western   Kanuri   Kanuri (Bilma, Manga, Tumari, Central), Kanembu  Tebu   Dazaga, Tedaga