Gula Iro
A language of Chad
| Population | 3,500 (1991 SIL). 2,000 Pongaal, 725 Tiaala, 200 (?) Tiitaal, 350 Patool, 165 Korintal. |
| Region | Moyen-Chari region, Lac Iro Department; Salamat region, Barh-Azoum Department; Lake Iro, Boum Kabir area, northeast of Sarh. Pongaal dialect in Boum Kabir, Boum Saher, Madjok, Teonen, and Karou; Tiaala in Masidjanga (Cheroba), Bouni, and Kore; Patool in Badi and Foundouk; Korintal in Cheou (Tieou); west Salamat region, Tiitaal. |
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Southwestern Chad, reference number 68 |
| Alternate names | Goula d’Iro, Goula Iro, Kulaal |
| Dialects | Pongaal (Ponaal), Tiaala, Tiitaal, Patool, Korintal. Not intelligible with Bon Gula [glc], Zan Gula [zna]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Mbum-Day, Bua |
| Language use | Some also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Almost no use of Sara Gula [glu]. |
| Comments | ‘Kulaal’ is their name for themselves. Different from Gula [glu] of Chad and Sudan, which is Nilo-Saharan, and from Gula [kcm] of Central African Republic. Traditional religion, Christian. |
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