Gola people
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, it is spoken by about 278,000 people.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 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 name Gola is a possible source for the name of the Gullah, a people of African origin living on the islands and coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina, in the southeastern United States.
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