Lagwan

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
kot
Alternate Names
Kotoko-Logone, Lagouane, Lagwane, Logone
Population

15,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004), increasing. 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004). Majority in Cameroon (2005 S. Allison).

Location

Far North Region, Logone and Chari divisions, north of Waza National Park, Logone-Birni subdivision, Logone river bank across to Nigeria border. Also in Chad.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, South
Dialects

Logone-Birni, Logone-Gana (Kotoko-Gana). Related to Mser [kqx], Afade [aal], Malgbe [mxf], Maslam [msv], and Mpade [mpi].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Lagwan
Writing
Latin script.
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.

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