Lamang language

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Lamang
Native to Nigeria
Region Borno, Adamawa
Native speakers
(40,000 cited 1993) [1]
Dialects
  • Dzuba
  • Hedkala
  • Ghudavan
  • Ghumbagha
  • Luhuva
  • Gwoza–Wakane
  • Waga (Waha)
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 hia
Glottolog lama1288

Lamang (Laamang) is an Afro-Asiatic language cluster of Nigeria. Blench (2006) classifies the Woga variety as a separate language. [2]

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Phonology

Consonants [3]

LabialDentalAlveolarPalatal/VelarLabio-VelarGlottal
Nasalmnŋŋʷ
Pre-nasal

Plosive

mbndŋgŋgʷ
Plosivep bt dk gkʷ gʷʔ
Implosiveɓɗ
Affricatets dz
Fricativef vθ ðs zx ɣxʷ ɣʷ
Approximantljw

Vowels [3]

The vowels are /a/, /e/, /i/, and /u/.

Varieties

Blench (2019) lists these language varieties as are part of the Lamang cluster. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Lamang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. 1 2 "PHOIBLE 2.0 -". phoible.org. Retrieved 2025-10-14.
  4. ↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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