Gola is the language of the Gola people , the Atlantic language of the southern group, one of the languages of Liberia and Sierra Leone . Most native speakers live in Liberia between St. Paul and Mano . There are dialects of goblet, deng, kongba, hay, tene, etc. Typologically refers to tonal languages.
| Gola | |
|---|---|
| Country | Liberia , Sierra Leone |
| Total number of speakers | 107,000 (1991) |
| Classification | |
| Category | African languages |
Nigerian-Congolese macro-family
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| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | gol |
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Morphology
There are 6 noun classes in nouns. A noun can be used both independently and with cool affixes, and the suffix can be placed at the end of the attributive group, including the adjective. Among the classes there is a special locative class: e-wie-lε “river” (as an object), ko-wie-o “river” (as a place).