Landoma language

Landoma
Landoma
Native to	Guinea
Native speakers	62,000 (2017)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mel Temne Baga Landoma; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ldm
Glottolog	land1256
ELP	Landoma

Landoma also called Landouman, Landuma, or Cocoli (Cikogoli), is a language of western Guinea. It is the most populous of the Baga languages, in the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family. It is related to Temne of Sierra Leone.

There are two different varieties, namely Landoma (Landuma) and Cikogoli (Cocoli). Cikogoli is being replaced by Fula.^[2]

The language sometimes goes by the name of one of its dialects, Tiapi, Tyapi, Tyopi a.k.a. Tapessi. Wilson (2007) reports that it is a derogatory name.^[2]

References

^ Landoma at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ ^a ^b Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.