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Lagwan

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: kot

Population	1,500 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). 10,000 all Lagwan, 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004). Majority in Cameroon (2005 S. Allison).
Region	Far North Province, Logone-and-Chari Division, north of Waza National Park in Logone-Birni Subdivision, Logone River bank across to Nigeria border. Also in Chad.
Language map	Northern Cameroon, reference number 9
Alternate names	Kotoko-Logone, Lagouane, Lagwane, Logone
Dialects	Logone-Birni, Logone-Gana (Kotoko-Gana). Related to Mser [kqx], Afade [aal], Malgbe [mxf], Maslam [msv], Mpade [mpi].
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, South
Language development	Grammar.
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:

Chad

Language name	Lagwan
Region	Chari-Baguirmi region, and N’Djaména, south of N’Djaména along the Logone River, in the vicinity of Logone-Gana.
Language map	Southwestern Chad, reference number 33
Alternate names	Kotoko-Logone, Lagouane, Lagwane, Logone
Dialects	Logone-Birni, Logone-Gana (Kotoko-Gana).
Language use	Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 0.
Comments	A member of the 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.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ALLISON, Sean, compiler. 2003. Logone-Birni Kotoko provisional lexicon.  

BRAHIM, Alhaji Marouf; SHRYOCK, Aaron, authors. 2011. L'alphabet et l'orthographe de lagwan.  

RUFF, Joy Naomi, author. 2005. Phonology of Lagwan (Logone-Birni Kotoko).