Laalaa language

Spoken in

Niger - Congo

• Atlantic - Congo Westatlantisch Cangin

Cae

The Léhar or laalaa, as a proper name, is a language of Senegal, which is spoken in Laa ( Lehar ), a region that includes 18 places in the north of Thies and their inhabitants are the laalaa.

As the language Saafi, the Noon, the Ndut and Palor it is one of the Cangin languages, which are part of the northern branch of the West Atlantic languages ​​that belong to the family of languages ​​of the Niger - Congo languages ​​. Among the Cangin languages ​​the laalaa is the least explored linguistically. The vocabulary of laalaa Noon and agrees to 86%, so that the Intercomprehension quite far enough.

Other designations are Lehar, Lehaar, laalaa, Laala, Lala, ( the Léhar to laa called in the language laalaa ).

Dissemination

The number of speakers was 10,925 in 2002.

One often finds this language especially in the north of Thies to the places Pambaal, Bargaro and Duuña. The Leharis have a young generation of intellectuals and civil servants in large numbers, however, used the French language in everyday life.