La’bi

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
lbi
User Population

4,400, all users. L1 users: No known L1 speakers (Samarin 1971). L2 users: 4,400 (2006). Ethnic population: No ethnic community.

Location

North region: Mayo-Rey division, Touboro subdivision.

Language Status

9 (Second language only).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, La’bi
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about La’bi
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

The language of initiation rites practiced by the Gbaya, Mbum, and some Sara-Laka. Vocabulary is borrowed from Sara languages (Samarin 1971).