Laka
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A language of Chad
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Kabba Laka
Population
55,100 (1993 census). Total users in all countries: 57,150.
Location
Logone Occidental region; Logone Oriental region: La Nya Pendé department, Goré subprefecture, Monts de Lam department, Baïbokoum subprefecture; 310 villages. Goré subprefecture, Ngadjibian, Békan, and Timbéri cantons (Mang dialect), Bessao and Pandzangué cantons south of Moundou (Bémour dialect), Ngamadja-Dodang II and Bessao-Oudoumian area (Maïngao dialect), Andoum and Pandzangué cantons, Pan area (Goula dialect), Oudoumian (Paï dialect).
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Dialects
Mang, Bémour, Maïngao, Goula, Paï. Some consider it a dialect of Ngambay [sba].
Language Development
NT: 1960.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script [Latn], used in Chad.
Different from Laka [lak] of Nigeria, which is Adamawa-Ubangi, and from Kaba [ksp] of Central African Republic and Chad.