Lala-Roba language

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title: "Lala-Roba language" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["languages-of-nigeria", "bambukic-languages"] description: "Adamawa language spoken in Nigeria" topic_path: "linguistics" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lala-Roba_language" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Adamawa language spoken in Nigeria ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox language"]

Field	Value
name	Lala
altname	Ɓəna
states	Nigeria
region	Adamawa State
speakers	232,987
date	2010
ref	e18
familycolor	Niger-Congo
fam2	Atlantic–Congo
fam3	Bambukic
fam4	Yungur
fam5	Yungur–Roba
iso3	lla
glotto	lala1261
glottorefname	Lala-Roba
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|name=Lala |altname = Ɓəna |states=Nigeria |region=Adamawa State |speakers= 232,987 |date=2010 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Bambukic |fam4=Yungur |fam5=Yungur–Roba |iso3=lla |glotto=lala1261 |glottorefname=Lala-Roba Lala ( Ɓəna) is an Adamawa language of Nigeria. It is also known as Ebode, Gworam, Lala, or Roba.

References

References

1. dialects Roɓa, Ɓəna, Sĩĩri</>Yafadkaniu</Linguistics and Bible Translation TCNN>Ishaku (2023) lists Lala, Roba, Ɓəna, and Sĩĩri.
2. Ishaku, Yafadkaniu. (2023). "Sociolinguistic survey of Lala speaking group of Gombi and Shelleng". Department of Linguistics and Bible Translation TCNN.
3. "OLAC resources in and about the Lala-Roba language".

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