Laka or Lau is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Nigeria.
It is most closely related to Kabba Laka of Chad.
The Hausa refer to the Laka people of Lau as Lakawa.
[2][3] Laka speakers live in Laka ward of Lau LGA (Hausa: Angawan Lakawa; formerly Garin Lakawa 'Laka town'), Taraba State, eastern Nigeria.
[4] The following table compares Laka (Lau) and Laka (Chad), both of which are Central Sudanic languages, with Lau proper, a Jukunoid language.