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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Cameroon > La’bi

La’bi

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3lbi

Population  4,400 (2006).
Region  North Province, Mayo-Rey Division, Touboro Subdivision.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, La’bi
Comments  The language of initiation rites practiced by the Gbaya, Mbum, and some Sara-Laka. Samarin says the vocabulary is borrowed from Sara languages. Second language only.