Lagwan (language)
| Lagwan, Kotoko-Logone | ||
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Spoken in |
Cameroon , Chad | |
| speaker | 10,000 | |
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| Official language in | - | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 |
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Lagwan (also called Kotoko-Logone ) is a Chadian language that is spoken in the Extrême-Nord region in Cameroon south of Kousséri and in Chad south of the capital N'djamena . It is one of the Kotoko languages and is divided into two dialects, Logone-Birni and Logone-Gana , which are spoken in the localities of the same name. These are located on the Logone river named after them , the village of Logone-Birni on the Cameroonian side, Logone-Gana a little further south on the Chadian side.
Ethnologue lists the language as "6b (endangered)", according to Henry Tourneux the language was mastered by 10,000 people in 2004, making it the second largest of the Kotoko languages after Mpade . Many Kotoko now speak Shuwa Arabic , which is the lingua franca of the native languages and dialects. Since the area in which Lagwan is spoken is further away from the Arab settlement areas than the other Kotoko languages, the position of the language is still relatively good. a. used as a second language by the neighboring Jina .
There are radio programs on Lagwan.
The language is written in Latin script, but the literacy rate of native speakers is very low. At least on the Chadian side, the language is not taught in school.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lagwan | Ethnologue Source: Ethnologue (English), accessed on February 11, 2016