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Gola is a language of Liberia and Sierra Leone. It was traditionally classified as an Atlantic language, but this is no longer accepted in more recent studies.
| Gola | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Western Liberia & along the border with Sierra Leone |
| Ethnicity | Gola |
Native speakers | (110,000 cited 1989–1991)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gol |
| Glottolog | gola1255 |
Classification
Gola is not closely related to other languages and appears to form its own branch of the Niger–Congo language family.[2] However, Ethnologue lists Gola as a Mel language. Fields (2004) classifies Gola as a Mel language most closely related to Bullom and Kisi.[3]
Distribution
According to Ethnologue, Gola is spoken in widespread regions across Liberia. It is spoken in Gbarpolu County, Grand Cape Mount County, and Lofa County (between the Mano River and Saint Paul River), as well as in inland areas of Bomi County and Montserrado County.
Dialects are Deng (Todii), Kongba, and Senje.
References
- Gola at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Guillaume Segerer & Florian Lionnet 2010. "'Isolates' in 'Atlantic'" Archived March 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Language Isolates in Africa workshop, Lyon, Dec. 4
- Fields, Edda L. Before "Baga": Settlement Chronologies of the Coastal Rio Nunez Region, Earliest Times to c.1000 CE. In: The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 37, No. 2 (2004), pp. 229-253. Boston University African Studies Center.
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На других языках
[de] Gola (Sprache)
Die Sprache Gola ist die westatlantische Sprache des Gola-Volkes, die in Liberia und Sierra Leone von insgesamt 166.000 Menschen gesprochen wird.[2]- [en] Gola language
[ru] Гола (язык)
Гола — язык народа гола, атлантический язык южной группы, один из языков Либерии и Сьерра-Леоне. Большинство носителей языка проживают в Либерии в междуречии Сент-Пол и Мано. Различают диалекты гобла, денг, конгба, сене, тене и др. Типологически относится к тональным языкам.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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