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Lala-Roba language

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Lala-Roba
Gworam
Native toNigeria
RegionAdamawa State
Native speakers
(46,000 cited 1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lla
Glottologlala1261

Lala-Roba (a.k.a. Gworam) is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. Its name is a compound of two of its dialects, Lala (Lalla), Roba (Robba), and Ebode.

Blench (2019) lists Lala, Roba, Ebode, and Yang as varieties.[2]

References

  1. ^ Lala-Roba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.