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Gola

A language of Liberia

ISO 639-3: gol

Population  99,300 in Liberia (Vanderaa 1991). Population total all countries: 107,300.
Region  West, between Mano and St. Paul rivers. Also in Sierra Leone.
Language map  Liberia, reference number 13
Dialects  Deng (Todii), Kongba, Senje.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Southern, Mel, Gola
Language development  Bible portions.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Different from Gola dialect of Mumuye [mzm] of Nigeria or Badyara [pbp] of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. SVO; CV; tonal. Muslim, Christian, traditional religion.

Also spoken in:

Sierra Leone

Language name   Gola
Population  8,000 in Sierra Leone (1989 TISLL).
Region  Along the border and inland.
Language map  Sierra Leone, reference number 4
Alternate names  Gula
Dialects  De (Deng), Managobla (Gobla), Kongbaa, Kpo, Senje (Sene), Tee (Tege), Toldil (Toodii).
Language use  Shifting to Mende [men].
Comments  Different from Gola [mzm] of Nigeria (dialect of Mumuye) or Gola [pbp] (Badyara) of Guinea-Bissau and Guinea. Muslim, Christian.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KOROMA, Regine [Fachner], author. 1994. Die morphosyntax des Gola.