Lingala
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Lingala (Ngala) (Lingala: Lingála) bụ asụsụ Bantu a na-asụ n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke Democratic Republic of the Congo, ọkara ugwu nke Republic of the Kongo, n'isi obodo ha, Kinshasa na Brazzaville, yana n'ókè dị ala na Angola, Central African Republic na ndịda South Sudan. Lingala nwere nde mmadụ iri na ise na iri abụọ na-asụ asụsụ nke abụọ na ihe dị ka nde mmadụ iri abụọ na ise na-asụrụ asụsụ nke abụọ, maka ngụkọta nke nde mmadụ iri anọ wee rue na ise na ise na na-asọpụta asụsụ.
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Lingala | |
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Ngala | |
Lingála | |
Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola and The Republic of South Sudan |
Region | Congo River |
Native speakers |
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Language family |
Niger–Congo?
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Writing system |
African reference alphabet (Latin), Mandombe script |
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Official language in |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ln |
ISO 639-2 | lin |
ISO 639-3 | lin |
Glottolog | ling1269 |
Guthrie code |
C30B [3] |
Linguasphere | 99-AUI-f |
Geographic distribution of Lingala speakers, showing regions of native speakers (dark green) and other regions of use | |
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