Total population | |
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304,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Liberia | 278,000 |
Sierra Leone | 26,000 |
Languages | |
Gola, English, Krio | |
Religion | |
Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Kissi, Sherbro, Temne, Baga, Limba |
The Gola or Gula are a West African ethnic group who share a common cultural heritage, language and history and who live primarily in western/northwestern Liberia and Eastern Sierra Leone. The Gola language is an isolate within the Niger–Congo language family. As of 2015[update], it is spoken by about 278,000 people.
The name Gola is a possible source for the name of the Gullah,[1] a people of African origin living on the islands and coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina, in the southeastern United States.