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Lingala

Lingala (or Ngala, Lingala: Lingála) is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree as a trade language because of emigration in neighbouring Angola or Central African Republic. Lingala has 20 million…

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Dialects
Bangala
Glottolog
ling1269
Guthrie code
C30B
ISO 639-1
ln
ISO 639-2
lin
ISO 639-3
lin

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Lingala

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples199
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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related to Sources · 71
Lingala → African Languages, African Linguistics, Agence, Anthropological Notes, Appliquée, Atibakwa Baboya, Bangala, Baptist Missionary Society, Bokamba, Bwantsa-Kafungu, Carrington, Center, Centre, Centre Linguistique Théorique, Coopération Culturelle, Dictionnaire, Edama, Editions, Edouard, English-Lingala
related to External links · 26
Lingala → African, BOBONGWANI, Congo-Brazzaville National LanguagesLingala-English, Dictionary, Dictionnaire, English, First, FreelangLingala Swadesh, French, French-Lingala-English, Introduction, Laura Kiala, Learn Lingala, Lingala Conjugation Made Simple, Lingala Online, LingalaGoogle, LingalaInflections, LingalaUCLA Language Profiles, LingalaVision, Maloba
related to Name · 18
Lingala → African, After, At, Bangala, Bangala Station, Beginning, Bobangi, Catholic, CICM, Congo, Congolese, Congregation, De Boeck, European, It, Scheutists, The, This
related to Characteristics and usage · 12
Lingala → African, Bantu, Bobangi, Central Africa, English, French, In, Kikongo, Krumen, Portuguese, Swahili, Ubangian
related to Variation · 12
Lingala → Belgian CICM, Brazzaville Lingala, Catholic Church, French, It, Kinshasa Lingala, Literary Lingala, Most, Roman Catholic, Spoken Lingala, The, The Lingala
related to Writing system · 12
Lingala → As, Congo, English, For, French, In, Linguistes, Republic, Société Zaïroise, Some, The, Zairian Linguists Society
related to Noun class system · 9
Lingala → Additionally, Akin, Bantu, Individual, Lingala's, Most, The, There, Words
Language family · 8
Lingala → Atlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangiLingala, BangiLingala, Bangi–MoiBangiLingala, Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangiLingala, Bantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangiLingala, Benue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangiLingala, Lingala, Southern BantoidBantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangiLingala
related to Alphabet · 4
Lingala → Accents, Each, The, The Lingala
related to Bobangi–Lingala relationship · 4
Lingala → Bobangi, Kilolo, Linguistically, Sabir

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language kinshasa class bangala bobangi french spoken system words african cicm used congo called missionaries also catholic bantu noun river

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LingalaDialectsBangala1.00infobox
LingalaGlottologling12691.00infobox
LingalaGuthrie codeC30B1.00infobox
LingalaISO 639-1ln1.00infobox
LingalaISO 639-2lin1.00infobox
LingalaISO 639-3lin1.00infobox
LingalaLanguage familyAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangiLingala1.00infobox
LingalaLanguage familyBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangiLingala1.00infobox
LingalaLanguage familySouthern BantoidBantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangiLingala1.00infobox
LingalaLanguage familyBantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangiLingala1.00infobox
LingalaLanguage familyBangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangiLingala1.00infobox
LingalaLanguage familyBangi–MoiBangiLingala1.00infobox
LingalaLanguage familyBangiLingala1.00infobox
LingalaLanguage familyLingala1.00infobox
LingalaLinguasphere99-AUI-f1.00infobox
LingalaNative toDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo1.00infobox
LingalaOfficial language inCongo–Kinshasa (national language)1.00infobox
LingalaOfficial language inCongo-Brazzaville (national language)1.00infobox
LingalaRegionCongo River1.00infobox
LingalaSpeakersL1: 21 million (2021) L2: 20 million (2021)1.00infobox
LingalaWriting systemAfrican Reference Alphabet (Latin), Mandombe script1.00infobox
Lingalais adialect or variant of Bobangi0.90text
Lingalais aproduct of the0.90text

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