Laka | |
Also Known As: | Kabba Laka |
States: | Chad, Cameroon and CAR |
Speakers: | 57,000 |
Date: | 1993 census |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Nilo-Saharan |
Fam2: | Central Sudanic |
Fam3: | Bongo–Bagirmi |
Fam4: | Sara languages |
Fam5: | West |
Iso3: | lap |
Glotto: | laka1254 |
Glottorefname: | Laka (Chad) |
Laka, also known as Kabba Laka, is one of the Sara languages of Chad.
Laka of Lau, spoken in Nigeria, is closely related.
A New Testament in Kabba-Laka was published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in 1960. It was translated by Brethren Missionary Mrs. Matilda W. Kennedy with the assistants of Pierre Ngondje and Paul Bobeta.