Laka of Lau
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Laka of Lau is a Central Sudanic language spoken in parts of Central Africa, particularly in Chad and neighboring regions.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Central Sudanic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Laka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Laka (Lau) NERFINISHED ⓘ Lau Laka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeISO639-3 | lap ⓘ |
| hasLinguasphereCode | NOCODE (not widely assigned) ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNeighboringLanguage |
Ngambay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sara languages ⓘ other Central Sudanic languages in Chad ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakers | several tens of thousands (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length (reported in some descriptions)
ⓘ
tone language ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Logone region (approximate)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Chad ⓘ |
| hasTypicalWordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| hasUsageDomain |
everyday communication
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
| isDistinctFrom | Laka (Nigeria) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isEndangered | true ⓘ |
| isNotSameAs | Laka of Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSpokenBy | Laka people (Lau area) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Central Sudanic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Central Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ border regions of Chad and neighboring countries ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Central Sudanic languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.