Loma (ethnic group)
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The Loma are an ethnic group living primarily in the mountainous, sparsely populated border region between Guinea and Liberia.[1] There are approximately 250,000 Loma between both countries.[2]
The Loma speak a language in the Southwestern branch of the Mande family. The language is similar to the Kpelle, Mende, and Bandi languages.[3]
The Malinke, Konyaka, and Kissi refer to the Loma as Toma.[4][5] Loma today refer to themselves as Lömàgìtì (IPA: Lɔmàgìtì; Lögömagiti/Lɔgɔmagiti in Guinea), meaning "Loma people," and call their language Löömàgòòi (IPA: Lɔɔmàgòòi, or Lögömàgòòi/Lɔgɔmàgòòi).[6]
[edit] External links
- "Prescriptive Alliance and Ritual Collaboration in Loma Society", by Robert Selig Leopold
- Loma people
- Ethnologue report for Loma language
- Omniglot: Loma syllabary
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