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زبان لینگالایی

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زبان لینگالایی

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Also known as ln, Lingala language, Lingála, Ngala

Lingala (or Ngala, Lingala: ) 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 native speakers and about another 20 million second-language speakers, for an approximate total of 40 million speakers. A significant portion of both Congolese diasporas speaks Lingala in their countries of immigration like Belgium, France or the Unite

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Lingala is a Bantu language spoken primarily in the Congo region, with about 20 million native speakers and another 20 million who speak it as a second language, totaling roughly 40 million speakers worldwide. It serves as an important means of communication in major cities like Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and is also used as a trade language in neighboring countries, with significant communities of Lingala speakers among Congolese diaspora populations in places like Belgium and France.

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Key facts

Language.name
Lingala
Language.altname
Ngala
Language.nativename
Lingála
Language.states
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
Language.region
Congo River
Language.speakers
L1: million
Language.date
2021
Language.ref
e27
Language.speakers2
L2: million (2021)
Language.speakers_label
Speakers
Language.familycolor
Niger-Congo
Language.fam2
Atlantic–Congo
Language.fam3
Benue–Congo
Language.fam4
Southern Bantoid
Language.fam5
Bantu (Zone C)
Language.fam6
Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)
Language.fam7
Bangi–Moi
Language.fam8
Bangi

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
modern language
Subclass of
Bangi–Ntomba
Image
Lingala-pn.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Lingala language
Wikimedia language code
ln
native label
lingála
number of speakers, writers, or signers
20000000
Commons category
Lingala language
linguistic typology
agglutinative language
writing system
Latin script
indigenous to
Brazzaville
category for films in this language
Category:Lingala-language films
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