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Revision as of 01:26, 3 April 2014
| Loma | |
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| Looma | |
| Native to | Liberia, Guinea |
| Ethnicity | Loma |
Native speakers | 420,000 (2012)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:lom – Liberian Lomatod – Toma |
| People | Löömàgìtì [lɔːmàɡìtì] in Liberia Löghömagiti [lɔɣɔmaɡiti] in Guinea |
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| Language | Löömàgòòi [lɔːmàɡòːi] Löghömàgòòi [lɔɣɔmàɡòːi] |
Loma (Loghoma, Looma, Lorma) is a Mande language spoken by the Loma people of Liberia and Guinea.
Dialects of Loma proper in Liberia are Gizima, Wubomei, Ziema, Bunde, Buluyiema. The dialect of Guinea, Toma (Toa, Toale, Toali, or Tooma, the Malinke name for Loma), is an official regional language.
In Liberia, the people and language are also known as "Bouze" (Busy, Buzi), which is considered offensive.
Sample
The Lord's Prayer in Loma:[2]
- Yài è ga gé ɣeeai è gee-zuvɛ,
- ɓaa ɣa la yà laa-zeigi ma,
- yà masadai va,
- è yii-mai ɣɛ zui zu è ɣɛ velei é ɣɛɛzu la è wɔ vɛ,
- è zaa mii ŋenigi ʋe gé ya,
- è gé vaa ʋaitiɛ zu ʋaa yɛ,
- è ɣɛ velei gá ɓalaa gé zɔitiɛ zu ʋaa yɛga la gá ʋaa yega te va.
- Mɛ lɛ kɛ tɛ-ga ɔ́ wo ga gíɛ,
- kɛ̀ è gé wulo tuɓo-vele-yowũ nui ya.
References
- ^ Liberian Loma at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Toma at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- ^ Matthew 6:9-13 in Deʋe niinɛ [New Testament in Loma]. Monrovia: Bible Society in Liberia, 1971. This excerpt visible at http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-loma.html.