group of languages that constitutes one of the major divisions of Nilo-Saharan languages. Saharan languages are spoken mainly around Lake Chad (Chad, Lake)—which is located at the conjunction of Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger—but also in Libya and The Sudan (Sudan, The). Subdivided into eastern and western divisions, the Saharan languages include Berti (now extinct), Bideyat, Kanembu, Kanuri (Kanuri language), Teda (Teda language), and Zaghawa.