Gori is a small village in Chad on the banks of the Chari River, near Sarh. It is the largest of only three villages where Laal is spoken. The Chari or Shari River is a 949-kilometer-long river of central Africa, flowing from the Central African Republic through Chad into Lake Chad. ... Sarh (formerly Fort Archambault) is the largest city in southern Chad, the capital of Moyen-Chari prefecture. ... The Laal language is a still-unclassified language spoken by 749 people (as of 2000) in three villages in the Moyen-Chari prefecture of Chad on opposite banks of the Chari River, called Gori (lá), Damtar (Éual), and Mailao. ...