La'bi is the esoteric
ritual language
A sacred language, holy language or liturgical language is any language that is cultivated and used primarily in church service or for other religious reasons by people who speak another, primary language in their daily lives.
Concept
A sacre ...
of male initiation among the
Gbaya Kara, the
Mbum, and some
Sara Laka, in the area of
Touboro near where the CAR, Chad, and Cameroon meet. It has no native speakers. It is related to Mbum, with substantial loans from one or more
Sara languages.
A word list of is given in Periquet (1915).
[Periquet, Louis. 1915. Rapport général sur la mission de délimitation Afrique Équatoriale Française-Cameroun (1912-1913-1914). Tome III, Vocabulaires. Paris: Ministère de colonies.]
References
Languages of Cameroon
Initiation languages
Mbum–Day languages
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