Alternate Names: Losso, Losu, Naoudem, Naudm, Nawdam
Dialects: Central Nawdm (Bana’, Tenega), East Nawdm (Siou Canton), West Nawdm (Baga, Koka, Niamtougou). Reportedly similar to Yom ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 146,000 in Togo. 7,300 monolinguals.
Language Use: Vigorous, but codeswitching with French occurs. All domains except at school. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Éwé [ewe], French [fra], Kabiyè [kbp], Lama [las].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Poetry. Grammar. NT: 2013.
Typology: SVO; postpositions; noun head initial; 13 noun classes; verbal system based on aspect, not tense; 24 consonant phonemes; 7 vowel phonemes; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Togo
Other Comments: Exonym: Losso. L1 speakers may use this term with outsiders. Traditional religion, Christian.