Lagwan
Lagwan is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad, by about 10 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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 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.
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Words in Lagwan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ginim | |
| name | Lemi* | |
| eye | s3* | |
| ear | Lim* | |
| nose | Xs3ni* | |
| tooth | Lini* | |
| tongue | nLi* | |
| hand | Lad3* | |
| blood | Xsi* | |
| bone | aLe* | |
| skin | zazai* | |
| knee | nzi* | |
| breast | iwaye* | |
| liver | Xsanten* | |
| water | am | |
| fire | fu* | |
| sun | s3* | |
| star | s3lk3* | |
| stone | Nkunhi* | |
| mountain | Nkunhi* | |
| tree | Xod3ga* | |
| leaf | mpaLXahehoduga* | |
| night | vade* | |
| dog | k3le* | |
| fish | ki7i* | |
| louse | mtas3* | |
| one | tku* | |
| two | Xsda* | |
| drink | se* | |
| see | Ngwa* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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