Laal–English Word List
Laal
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.
- Family
- Language isolate
- Countries
- Chad
- Region
- Moyen-Chari, villages of Gori and Damtar on the Chari River
- Speakers
- About 750, with younger people shifting away
- Status
- Endangered
- Livelihood
- Basket-trap river fishing
- Entries
- 0
- Edition
- First digital edition, 2026
How to use this list
Entries are ordered by their English meaning. Each entry gives the Laal headword, pronunciation where recorded, part of speech, the English sense, and an example sentence when a speaker supplied one. Words marked community contribution were submitted through the public archive and approved by Discussion Dictionary editors before publication.
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Acknowledgements
This edition draws on published linguistic description and editorial research. Compiled and edited by the Discussion Dictionary editorial team.
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