ISO 639-3 · kotkot
Afroasiatic family
Lagwan
Lagwan is a language of the Biu–Mandara branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Cameroon and Chad. Wikidata counts 10,000 first-language speakers (2004). Wikidata describes it as “Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kot- Glottocode
lagw1237- Family
- Afroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- Wikipedia
- 11 language editions
10,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Lagwan |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lagwan language, Kotoko |
| L1 speakers | 10,000 (2004) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Afroasiatic to Lagwan
The branches above Lagwan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Cameroon
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication