Loma people
 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 309,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Guinea | 144,000 [1] |
 Liberia | 165,000 [2] |
| Languages | |
| Loma | |
| Religion | |
| Loma religion, Christianity 20% | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Mende, Loko, Gbandi, Kpelle, Zialo, Gola | |
The Loma (or Loghoma, Looma, Lorma) are a Mande ethnic group living primarily in the mountainous, sparsely populated border region between Guinea and Liberia.[3] Their population was estimated in 309,000 Loma between both countries.(2015)
The Loma speak a language in the Southwestern branch of the Mande family. The language is similar to the Kpelle, Mende, Gola, Vai, and Bandi languages.[3]
The Malinke, Konyaka, and Kissi refer to the Loma as Toma.[1][3] Loma today refer to themselves as Löömàgìtì (IPA: [lɔːmàɡìtì], or Löghömagiti [lɔɣɔmaɡiti] in Guinea), meaning "Loma people," and call their language Löömàgòòi [lɔːmàɡòːi] or Löghömàgòòi [lɔɣɔmàɡòːi]).[3]
References
- ^ a b Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). "Toma". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. SIL International.
- ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). "Loma". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition. SIL International.
- ^ a b c d Leopold, Robert Selig (1991). "2". Prescriptive Alliance and Ritual Collaboration in Loma Society (Thesis). Indiana University.
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