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Laal is an unclassified language spoken by 749 people in three villages in the Moyen-Chari prefecture of Chad on opposite
banks of the Chari River, called Gori (lá), Damtar (ɓual), and Mailao. It may be a language isolate, in which case it would
represent an isolated survival of an earlier language group of central Africa. It is unwritten (except in transcription by
linguists). According to SIL-Chad member David Faris, it is in danger of extinction, with most people under 25 shifting to
the locally more widespread Baguirmi language. This language first came to the attention of academic linguists in 1977, through
Pascal Boyeldieu's fieldwork in 1975 and 1978. His fieldwork was based for the most part on a single speaker, M. Djouam Kadi
of Damtar. |
Names (more)[ar] لغة لال[br] Laaleg [de] Laal [en] Laal language [fi] Laal [hr] Laal jezik [pl] Język laal [ru] Лаал [sv] Laal |
Language type : Living
Technical notes
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