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LAP ISO 639-3

Laka

A language of Chad

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Kabba Laka, Laga, Làgà
Population
55,100 in Chad (1993 census). Total users in all countries: 57,150.
Location:
Logone Occidental region; Logone Oriental region: La Nya Pendé department, Goré subprefecture, Monts de Lam department, Baïbokoum subprefecture; 310 villages. Goré subprefecture, Ngadjibian, Békan, and Timbéri cantons (Mang dialect), Bessao and Pandzangué cantons south of Moundou (Bémour dialect), Ngamadja-Dodang II and Bessao-Oudoumian area (Maïngao dialect), Andoum and Pandzangué cantons, Pan area (Goula dialect), Oudoumian (Paï dialect).
Language Status
5* (Developing).
Classification
Nilo-Saharan, Satellite-Core, Satellites, Central Sudanic, West, Bongo-Bagirmi, Sara-Bagirmi, Sara, Sara Proper
Dialects
Mang, Bémour, Maïngao, Goula, Paï. Some consider it a dialect of Ngambay [sba].
Language Development
NT: 1960.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Laka
Writing
Latin script [Latn], used in Chad.
Other Comments
Different from Laka [lak] of Nigeria, which is Adamawa-Ubangi, and from Kaba [ksp] of Central African Republic and Chad.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Laka
User Population
2,050 in Central African Republic (1996).
Location
Ouham-Pendé prefecture: Bocaranga subprefecture, 9 villages on Chad border.
Language Status
6b (Threatened)
Other Comments
Different from Laka [lak] of Nigeria and from Kaba [ksp] of Central African Republic and Chad.
View other languages of Central African Republic

Map

Location: Logone Occidental region; Logone Oriental region: La Nya Pendé department, Goré subprefecture, Monts de Lam department, Baïbokoum subprefecture; 310 villages. Goré subprefecture, Ngadjibian, Békan, and Timbéri cantons (Mang dialect), Bessao and Pandzangué cantons south of Moundou (Bémour dialect), Ngamadja-Dodang II and Bessao-Oudoumian area (Maïngao dialect), Andoum and Pandzangué cantons, Pan area (Goula dialect), Oudoumian (Paï dialect).