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Loma is a Mande language spoken by the Loma people of Liberia and Guinea.

Writing systems
Today, Loma uses a Latin-based alphabet which is written from left to right. A syllabary saw limited use in the 1930s and 1940s in correspondence between Loma-speakers, but today has fallen into disuse. ==Phonology==
Phonology
Loma has 21 consonants, 28 vowels, and 2 tones. Every vowel has 4 forms: Short and non-nasalized, Short and nasalized, Long and non-nasalized, and Long and nasalized making a total of 28 vowels. Loma has 2 tones: the High Tone () and the Low Tone () . ==Sample text==
Sample text
The Lord's Prayer in Loma: == Hymns ==
Hymns
In the 1960s several hymns composed in Loma by Billema Kwillia were recorded by the missionary Margaret D. Miller and then adopted by the Lutheran Church, first appearing in print in Loma in 1970. The most widely used, 'A va de laa' was not translated to singable English until 2004; it is also translated to German. ==References==
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