Lagwan language

Lagwan
Lagwan
Logone
Native to	Cameroon, Chad
Region	Far North Province, Cameroon; west Chad
Ethnicity	Kotoko
Native speakers	10,000 in Cameroon (2004)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Kotoko (B.1) South Lagwan; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kot
Glottolog	lagw1237
ELP	Lagwan

Lagwan (Logone) is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects include Logone-Birni and Logone-Gana.

Lagwan is spoken in the northern part of Logone-Birni, from the banks of the Logone River to the Nigerian border (Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region). It is also spoken in Chad and Nigeria. It has 38,500 speakers in Cameroon.^[2]

^ Lagwan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.

[e18-1] Lagwan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[ALCAM2012-2] Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.

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