Page Type: languageLagwan | Ethnologue

KOT ISO 639-3

Lagwan

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639
kot
Alternate Names
Kotoko-Logone, Lagouane, Lagwane, Logone
Population
15,000 in Cameroon (Shryock and Brahim 2014). 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004).
Location:
Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Logone-Birni subdivision north of Waza National Park, Logone river bank across to Nigeria border.
Language Status
6b* (Threatened).
Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, South
Dialects
Logone-Birni, Logone-Gana (Kotoko-Gana).
Language Use
All ages, but intergenerational transmission is weakening. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Used as L2 by Jina [jia].
Language Development
Literature. Radio. Dictionary.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Lagwan
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
The term Mandage is used by the Kotoko to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade, Afade, Maslam, Malgbe) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser and Lagwan). Muslim.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Lagwan
Location
Chari-Baguirmi region: south N’Djamena, Logone-Gana area along Logone river.
Dialects
Logone-Birni, Logone-Gana (Kotoko-Gana).
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
Other Comments
Part of Kotoko ethnic and linguistic group. Kotoko total: 22,717 (1993 census): Afade [aal], Mser [kqx], Malgbe [mxf], Maslam [msv], Mpade [mpi], and Jilbe [jie] (in Nigeria). Muslim.
View other languages of Chad

Map

Location: Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Logone-Birni subdivision north of Waza National Park, Logone river bank across to Nigeria border.