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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Laka

Laka

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3lak

Population  5,000 (1995).
Region  Taraba state, Karim Lamido LGA; Adamawa state, Yola LGA.
Language maps  Nigeria, Map 3, reference number 202
Nigeria, Map 5, reference number 202
Alternate names   Godogodo, Lakka, Lao Habe, Lau
Dialects  Related to Karang [kzr].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Mbum-Day, Mbum, Unclassified
Comments  Different from Laka [lap] (Kabba Laka) of Central African Republic and Chad, or from Karang [kzr] (Laka) of Cameroon and Chad. Muslim, Christian.