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Gula Iro

Gula Iro is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Chad.

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Gula Iro · 10.3°N 19.5°E

The Gula Iro language (autonym kùláál) is a Bua language spoken by some 3,500 people (in 1991) north and east of Lake Iro in southern Chad, between the Bola and Salamat rivers. It has four dialects, according to Pairault:

páṭóól (350 speakers), the northernmost and the least comprehensible to speakers of the other dialects, spoken in and around Badi;

pòŋààl (2,000 speakers), by the north shore of the lake, spoken in and around Boum Kabir, Boum Sarher, and Tordjigel;

From Wikipedia · Gula Iro language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Gula Iro

MeaningWordRomanization
personkula*
nameil*
eyeil*
eartu*
nosefon*
toothnel*
tonguelil*
handte*
bloodhete*
boneuka*
skinul*
breastmal*
waterim*
firela*
sunwi*
starhol*
treeteu*
leaffunno*
nighthene*
doghao*
fishhapa*
onetoN*
tworok*
Il*
youm*
ween*
drink5e*
seeol*
hearlonte*
dieual*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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