Ethnic groups in Chad

SIL Ethnologue reports more than 130 distinct languages spoken in Chad.

[1] The 14 million inhabitants of Chad belong to some 200 ethnicities, who speak numerous languages.

[2] The peoples of Chad carry significant ancestry from Eastern, Central, Western, and Northern Africa.

[3] The population can be broadly divided between those in the east, north and west who follow Islam, and the peoples of the south, the five southernmost prefectures, who are mostly Christian or animist.

Muslim groups other than the Shuwa include the Toubou, Hadjerai, Fulbe/Fulani, Kotoko, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, Zaghawa, and Maba.