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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Lala-Roba

Lala-Roba

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3lla

Population  46,000 (1993).
Region  Adamawa state, Gombi LGA; Borno state.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 5, reference number 261
Alternate names   Gworam
Dialects  Lala (Lalla), Roba (Robba), Ebode.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Waja-Jen, Yungur, Yungur-Roba
Language use  Also use Fulfulde [fuv], Ga’anda [gqa], or Hausa [hau].
Comments  Hunters (January to April); agriculturalists (May to December): peanuts, guinea corn, bambara nuts, tiger nuts; animal husbandry: goats, poultry, sheep, dogs. Traditional religion, Christian.