Gola language

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Gola
Native to western Liberia & along the border with Sierra Leone
Ethnicity Gola
Native speakers
unknown (107,000 cited 1989–1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gol

Gola is an erstwhile Atlantic language of Liberia. It is not closely related to other languages and appears to form its own branch of Niger–Congo.[2]

References

  1. Gola reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
  2. Guillaume Segerer & Florian Lionnet 2010. "'Isolates' in 'Atlantic'". Language Isolates in Africa workshop, Lyon, Dec. 4
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