Alternate Names: Kotoko-Logone, Lagouane, Lagwane, Logone
Dialects: Logone-Birni, Logone-Gana (Kotoko-Gana).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 10,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004), increasing. 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004). Majority in Cameroon (2005 S. Allison).
Language Use: Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Used as L2 by Jina [jia], Vemgo-Mabas [vem].
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Cameroon
Other Comments: The term Mandage is used by the Kotoko to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade, Afade, Maslam, Malgbe) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser and Lagwan). Muslim.