Gula Iro

GLJ

vigorous

Alternate Names: Goula d’Iro, Goula Iro

Dialects: Korintal, Patool, Pongaal (Ponaal), Tiaala, Tiitaal. Not intelligible of Bon Gula , and Zan Gula ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
North
Adamawa-Ubangi
Adamawa
Mbum-Day
Bua

Demographics: 3,500 (1991 SIL). 2,000 Pongaal, 730 Tiaala, 200 Tiitaal, 350 Patool, 170 Korintal.

Language Use: Almost no use of Sara Gula [glu]. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Different from Gula , of Chad and Sudan, which is Nilo-Saharan, and from Gula , of Central African Republic. Traditional religion, Christian.