Loma (ethnic group)

Loma (ethnic group)

The Loma are an ethnic group living primarily in the mountainous, sparsely populated border region between Guinea and Liberia. [http://voom.si.edu/leopold/leopold_1991_chapter2.htm] There are approximately 250,000 Loma between both countries. [http://voom.si.edu/leopold/leopold_1991_chapter2.htm]

The Loma speak a language in the Southwestern branch of the Mande family. The language is similar to the Kpelle, Mende, and Bandi languages. [http://voom.si.edu/leopold/leopold_1991_chapter2.htm]

The Malinke, Konyaka, and Kissi refer to the Loma as Toma. [http://voom.si.edu/leopold/leopold_1991_chapter2.htm] [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tod] Loma today refer to themselves as Lömàgìtì (IPA: LIPA|màgìtì; Lögömagiti/LIPA|gIPA|magiti in Guinea), meaning "Loma people," and call their language Löömàgòòi (IPA: LIPA|IPA|màgòòi, or Lögömàgòòi/LIPA|gIPA|màgòòi). [http://voom.si.edu/leopold/leopold_1991_chapter2.htm]

External links

* [http://voom.si.edu/leopold/leopold_1991.htm "Prescriptive Alliance and Ritual Collaboration in Loma Society"] , by Robert Selig Leopold
* [http://voom.si.edu/leopold/leopold_1991_chapter2.htm Loma people]
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=lom Ethnologue report for Loma language]
* [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/loma.htm Omniglot: Loma syllabary]


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