Laal

GDM

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Alternate Names: Gori

Dialects: Laabe, Laal.

Genealogy:

Unclassified

Demographics: 750 (2000). Damtar village had its own dialect called Laabe with 3 speakers left in 1977.

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Some lexical relationship to the Bua group, but Boyeldieu (1977) says it should not be classified with Bua. Probably Adamawa, some sources say Chadic.