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

Lagwan
Logone
Native toCameroon, Chad
RegionFar North Province, Cameroon; west Chad
Native speakers
10,000 in Cameroon (2004)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Chadic
    • Biu–Mandara
      • Kotoko (B.1)
        • South
          • Lagwan
Language codes
ISO 639-3kot
Glottologlagw1237
ELPLagwan

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]


Phonology


Consonants
Labial Alveolar Lateral alveolar Dorsal Labialized dorsal
plosive Voiceless p t k kʷ
Voiced b d g gʷ
Glottalic ɓ ɗ kʼ kʷʼ
fricative Voiceless f s ɬ χ χʷ
Voiced v z ɮ ʁ ʁʷ
Glottalic sʼ ɬʼ
sonorant Nasal m n
Tap ɾ
Approximant l j w

As is common in Chadic languages, the principal vowel is the low central vowel /a/; where there is no underlying V-slot, an epenthetic ‘zero vowel’ is inserted. Despite the limited distribution of the other vowels, /i, u, e, o/ have emerging phonological status. However, as has been observed in other Chadic languages, certain contrasts are productive only word-finally, excluding the sub-lexicon of loan words.

Lagwan has two contrastive tones, low and high. Mid tone is also found on a few nouns loaned from Classical Arabic. On intensifiers the phonological high tone has an extra-high realisation.[3]


Notes


  1. Lagwan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  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.
  3. Ruff, Joy Naomi (2005). "Phonology of Lagwan": 48. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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На других языках

[de] Lagwan (Sprache)

Lagwan (auch Kotoko-Logone genannt) ist eine tschadische Sprache, welche in der Region Extrême-Nord in Kamerun südlich von Kousséri sowie im Tschad südlich der Hauptstadt N'djamena gesprochen wird. Sie zählt zu den Kotoko-Sprachen und unterteilt sich in zwei Dialekte, Logone-Birni und Logone-Gana, welche in den gleichnamigen Ortschaften gesprochen werden. Diese liegen an dem nach ihnen benannten Fluss Logone, die Ortschaft Logone-Birni auf der kamerunischen, Logone-Gana etwas weiter südlich auf der tschadischen Seite.
- [en] Lagwan language

[fr] Lagwan

Le lagwan (ou kotoko-logone, lagouane, lagwane, logone) est une langue tchadique biu-mandara du groupe kotoko, parlée au Tchad, au Nigeria, ainsi qu'au Cameroun, dans la Région de l'Extrême-Nord, dans le département du Logone-et-Chari, au nord du parc national de Waza, dans l'arrondissement de Logone-Birni, le long des rives du Logone jusqu'à la frontière nigeriane[2].


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