Laal language
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Laal is an endangered language isolate spoken by 749 people (as of 2000[update]) 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 represents an isolated survival of an earlier language group of Central Africa. It is unwritten except in transcription by linguists. According to former Summer Institute of Linguistics-Chad member David Faris, it is in danger of extinction, with most people under 25 shifting to the locally more widespread Bagirmi.
Laal | |
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yəw láàl | |
Native to | Chad |
Region | Gori, Damtar, Mailao villages in Moyen-Chari prefecture |
Native speakers | 750 (2000)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gdm |
Glottolog | laal1242 |
ELP | Laal |
Location within Chad where the Laal language is spoken | |
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This language first came to the attention of academic linguists in 1977 through Pascal Boyeldieu's fieldwork[2][3] in 1975 and 1978. His fieldwork was based, for the most part, on a single speaker, Djouam Kadi of Damtar.