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Laal

Laal

EndangeredLanguage isolateChadAbout 750, with younger people shifting away0 documented words

Laal is spoken in two villages on the Chari River in southern Chad and has no confirmed relatives. It is often described as a relic of an older Central African language stratum.

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History and language shift

Laal has resisted classification into Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan or Niger-Congo, and is generally treated as an isolate.

Revitalization

Laal is unwritten outside linguistic transcription. Documentation is the immediate priority.