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Loma language

Not to be confused with Lomakka language.
Loma
Looma
Lɔ̀ɔ̀màgòòi[1] / Löömàgòòi / Löghömàgòòi
Pronunciation[lɔːmàɡòːi]
[lɔɣɔmàɡòːi]
Native toLiberia, Guinea
EthnicityLoma
Native speakers
560,000 (2017–2020)[2]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
lom – Liberian Loma
tod – Toma
Glottologloma1259
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PeopleLöömàgìtì [lɔːmàɡìtì] in Liberia
Löghömagiti [lɔɣɔmaɡiti] in Guinea
LanguageLöömàgòòi [lɔːmàɡòːi]
Löghömàgòòi [lɔɣɔmàɡòːi]
A Loma speaker, recorded in Liberia.

Loma (Loghoma, Lɔɣɔma, Lɔɔma, 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 dialects of Guinea, distinguished as "Toma" (Toa, Toale, Toali, or Tooma, the Malinke name for Loma), are an official regional language.

In Liberia, the people and language are also known as "Bouze" (Busy, Buzi), which is considered offensive.

Writing systems

Today, Loma uses a Latin-based alphabet which is written from left to right. A syllabary saw limited use in the 1930s and 1940s in correspondence between Loma-speakers, but today has fallen into disuse.[3][4][5]

Phonology

Loma has 21 consonants, 28 vowels, and 2 tones.[6]

Loma consonants
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labial-velar
Nasal m n ŋ
Stop voiced b d g ~ ɡ̟ ɡ͡b
implosive ɓ
voiceless p t k ~ k̟ k͡p
aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
Fricative voiced v z ɣ
voiceless f s x
Semivowel w j
Approximant ʋ l ~ ɾ
Loma vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

Every vowel has 4 forms: Short and non-nasalized, Short and nasalized, Long and non-nasalized, and Long and nasalized making a total of 28 vowels.

Loma has 2 tones: the High Tone (˦) ⟨á⟩ and the Low Tone (˨) ⟨à⟩.

Sample text

The Lord's Prayer in Loma:[7]

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.

Hymns

In the 1960s several hymns composed in Loma by Billema Kwillia were recorded by the missionary Margaret D. Miller and then adopted by the Lutheran Church, first appearing in print in Loma in 1970.[8] The most widely used, 'A va de laa' was not translated to singable English until 2004; it is also translated to German.[8]

References

  1. ^ Dwyer, David J.; Bodegie, Pewu B.; Bague, James D. (1981). A Learner Directed Approach to Lorma. A Handbook on Communication and Culture with Dialogs, Texts, Cultural Notes, Exercises, Drills and Instructions. African Studies Center of Michigan State University. p. 109.
  2. ^ Liberian Loma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Toma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Everson, Michael (2010-01-21). "N3756: Preliminary proposal for encoding the Loma script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  4. ^ Everson, Michael (2016-07-22). "N4735: Update on encoding the Loma script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  5. ^ "Loma syllabary".
  6. ^ "PHOIBLE 2.0 -". phoible.org. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  7. ^ "LOMA". www.christusrex.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
  8. ^ a b "Hymnology". hymnology.hymnsam.co.uk. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

Bibliography

  • Rude, Noel. 1983. Ergativity and the active-stative typology in Loma. Studies in African Linguistics, 14:265–283.[1]
  • Sadler, Wesley. 1951. Untangled Loma: a course of study of the Looma language of the Western Province, Liberia, West Africa. Published by Board of Foreign Missions of the United Lutheran Church in America for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Liberia.

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