Lagwan language

Lagwan
Logone
Native toCameroon, Chad
RegionFar North Province, Cameroon; west Chad
EthnicityKotoko
Native speakers
10,000 in Cameroon (2004)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kot
Glottologlagw1237
ELPLagwan

Lagwan (Logone) is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects include Logone-Birni and Logone-Gana.

Lagwan is spoken in the northern part of Logone-Birni, from the banks of the Logone River to the Nigerian border (Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region). It is also spoken in Chad and Nigeria. It has 38,500 speakers in Cameroon.