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Lau Laka language

Central Sudanic language spoken in Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Laka or Lau is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Nigeria.[2] It is most closely related to Kabba Laka of Chad. The Hausa refer to the Laka people of Lau as Lakawa. The language was only recently documented in the mid-2010s, and had been previously misclassified as a Mbum language along with Lau.[3][4]

NativetoNigeria
RegionLau LGA, Taraba State
ISO 639-3lak (deprecated)[1]
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Lau Laka
Laka
Native toNigeria
RegionLau LGA, Taraba State
Language codes
ISO 639-3lak (deprecated)[1]
Glottologlaka1252
IETFksp-NG
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Distribution

Laka speakers live in Laka ward of Lau LGA (Hausa: Angawan Lakawa; formerly Garin Lakawa 'Laka town'), Taraba State, eastern Nigeria.[3] They live alongside the Win Lau (or Lau proper; formerly Lau Habe), who are Jukunoid speakers.[5]

Lexical comparison

The following table compares Laka (Lau) and Laka (Chad), both of which are Central Sudanic languages, with Lau proper, a Jukunoid language.[3]

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EnglishLaka (Lau)Laka (Chad)Lau proper
animaldā/dā/nɛ̃́wkũ̂
cowmã̀ŋgɨ̄/màngɨ̄/nâw
chickenkũ̄nʤá/kūnʤá/zǟw
manʤĩ̀ŋgàw/ʤìngàw/jĩ̂nə̀nwò
medicinekũ̀mā/kùmā/gâj
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