More than 850,000 Arabs live in the Sahelian zone of Chad. Chadian Arabic is a vehicular language spoken by about 60 percent of the population. It has its own characteristics, which come from the rural nomadic society in which it originated and the society of city-dwellers in which it developed.
1. A mosaic of peoples
The population of Chad, estimated at 8 million persons, is a true ethnic mosaic of diverse peo…