Lamang

HIA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Gbuhwe, Laamang, Waha

Dialects: Central Laamang, North Laamang, South Laamang. 37% intelligibility of Vemgo-Mabas ,, 31% of Hide ,. North Lamang subdialects: Zaladeva (Alataghwa), Dzuba, Leghva (Luhuva), Gwoza-Wakane; Central Lamang: Hedkala (Hidkala, Xidkala, Hitkala, Hitkalanchi), Waga (Waha, Woga, Wagga), Dlige; South Lamang: Ghudavan. Lexical similarity: 64% with Hide and Vemgo-Mabas, 50% with Gvoko ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
Biu-Mandara
A
A.4
Lamang

Demographics: 40,000 (1993).

Language Use: Also use English [eng].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%. Grammar. Bible portions: 1992.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Nigeria