Lingala

Lingala
Ngala
Lingála
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
RegionCongo River
SpeakersNative speakers: 20 million (2020)[1]
L2 speakers: 20 million speakers (2020)[1]
Dialects
African reference alphabet (Latin), Mandombe script
Official status
Official language in
Language codes
ISO 639-1ln
ISO 639-2lin
ISO 639-3lin
Glottologling1269
C30B[2]
Linguasphere99-AUI-f
Geographic distribution of Lingala speakers, showing regions of native speakers (dark green) and regions where Lingala is spoken by a minority. (light green)
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Lingala (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 in Angola, the Central African Republic, Kenya and southern South Sudan. Lingala has 25–30 million native speakers and about 35 million second-language speakers, for an approximate total of 60–65 million speakers.

  1. ^ a b Lingala at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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