Lingala language

Lingala is a Bantu language spoken in the North-East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the North of the Republic of the Congo. It has the status of national language in those two countries.

Lingala
Lingála
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
Region	Central Africa
Native speakers	15 million
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Narrow Bantu Central C Lingala
Official status
Official language in	Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ln
ISO 639-2	lin
ISO 639-3	lin

Other websites

• Ethnologue entry for the Lingala language