Lingala is widely spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo, serving as a lingua franca for trade across the region.
Lingala
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Classification
Niger-Congo > Bantu
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Speakers
21 million
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Script
Roman, Mandombe script
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Text direction
Left-to-right
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Official language
Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Other names
Ngala, Lingála
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Also spoken
Central African Republic, Angola, Gabon, Sudan
Lingala
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.
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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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