Lingala is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the north of the Republic of the Congo. Lingala is largely based on the Bobangi language. Lingala has been used as the lingua franca of the armed forces.
Lingala
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Classification
Niger-Congo > Bantu
Script
Roman, Mandombe script
Text direction
Left-to-right
Speakers
15 to 20 million (native)
Other names
Ngala
Official language
Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Interesting Fact
Lingala was first called ‘Bangala’ and was first renamed ‘Lingala’ in 1901, but the proposition to change its name took some decades to come into play.
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