Editing Saharan languages (section)

{{Short description|Small language family in the East Sahara desert}}
{{Infobox language family
  |name=Saharan
  |region=[[Chad]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Sudan]], [[Cameroon]]
  |familycolor=Nilo-Saharan
  |child1=Eastern Saharan
  |child2=Western Saharan
  |glotto=saha1256
  |glottorefname=Saharan
  |map=Saharan languages.png
  |mapcaption=Range of the Saharan languages (in orange)
}}

The '''Saharan languages''' are a small family of languages across parts of the eastern [[Sahara]], extending from northwestern [[Sudan]] to southern [[Libya]], north and central [[Chad]], eastern [[Niger]] and northeastern [[Nigeria]]. Noted Saharan languages include [[Kanuri language|Kanuri]] (9.5 million speakers, around [[Lake Chad]] in Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and [[Cameroon]]), [[Daza language|Daza]] (700,000 speakers, Chad), [[Teda language|Teda]] (60,000 speakers, northern Chad), and [[Zaghawa language|Zaghawa]] (350,000 speakers, eastern Chad and [[Sudan]]). They have been classified as part of the hypothetical but controversial [[Nilo-Saharan languages|Nilo-Saharan]] family.

A comparative word list of the Saharan languages has been compiled by [[Václav Blažek]] (2007).<ref>Blažek, Václav. 2007. ''On application of glottochronology for Saharan languages''.</ref>