Gola language

Gola
Native to	Eastern Liberia & along the border with Sierra Leone
Ethnicity	Gola
Native speakers	(110,000 cited 1989–1991)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Gola
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`gol`
Glottolog	`gola1255`^[2]

Gola is an erstwhile Atlantic language of Liberia and Sierra Leone. It is not closely related to other languages and appears to form its own branch of Niger–Congo.^[3]

References

↑ Gola at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Gola". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ Guillaume Segerer & Florian Lionnet 2010. "'Isolates' in 'Atlantic'". Language Isolates in Africa workshop, Lyon, Dec. 4

Languages of Liberia

Official language

English

Indigenous languages

Manding	Bandi Dan Kpelle Loma Maninka Mann Mende Vai

Kru	Bassa Dewoin Gbii Glaro-Twabo Glio-Oubi Grebo Klao Konobo Krumen Kuwaa Sapo Tajuasohn Krahn

Other	Gola Kisi

Creole languages

Atlantic languages

Bak languages

Jola	Bayot Fonyi Banjaal Gusilay. Ejamat Kasa Kuwaataay Karon Mlomp

Other	Balanta Bayot Bijago Mandjak Mankanya Papel

Senegambian

Fula–Tenda	Basari Bedik Bapeng Biafada Fula Konyagi Lehar Ndut Noon Pajade Palor Safen Serer

Others	Baga Pokur Banyum Kasanga Kobiana Mbulungish Nalu Wolof

Mel languages

Others

Limba
Gola

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