It gained independence from France in 1960. Any help? Chad was colonized (or occupied depending on your point of view) in 1920. I doubt this is useful, since it's a national language of the country, and it has a rough population of 10,329,208 people. Thanks. Chad speaks French because it was part of the French Empire. The two official languages, have fewer speakers than Chadian Arabic, with French being spoken by over 1.6 million people, mostly concentrated in the … The only information I could find, was that old statistics show 3,000 people spoke french in Chad. Chad has two official languages, French and Modern Standard Arabic, and over 120 indigenous languages.A vernacular version of Arabic, Chadian Arabic, is the lingua franca and the language of business, spoken by 40-60% of the population.

This article details the geographical distribution of speakers of the French language, regardless of the legislative status within the countries where it is spoken.

The country's population and culture have been influenced by indigenous inhabitants, Muslim empires, and French colonialism. It has a population of approximately 13.67 million. Did you know French is one of the fastest growing languages in the world and that nearly half of all French speakers live in Africa? Chad is located in Central Africa and shares borders with Niger, Cameroon, Libya, Nigeria, and Sudan. These influence are reflected in the languages spoken here today.The government of Chad recognizes French and Arabic as the country's two official languages.