Projektnummer

0059086

Zusammenfassung

Laal is an unclassified language spoken in two villages in Southern Chad. It is very likely to be a language isolate, the only surviving member of a former language family spoken in the area. Laal has only about 750 speakers. The language is still passed on to children in the villages, but not anymore in town. More and more speakers leave the villages to settle in town, putting the language at a high risk of attrition and disappearance. Additionally, the growing strength of Islam in the villages as well as in town is causing a rapid and drastic cultural shift threatening traditional kn...