Lingala in English dictionary

  • Lingala

    Meanings and definitions of "Lingala"

    • A Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic.
    • proper
      A Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic.
    • A Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of Congo-Kinshasa, the northern part of Congo-Brazzaville and to a certain degree in Angola, Central African Republic and Cameroon.
    • Bantu language
    • noun
      a Bantu language widely used in trade and public affairs in the Congo River area.
      However, the fact that speakers had very similar native languages prevented Lingala from becoming as radically restructured as Kituba, which developed among speakers of both Bantu and West African languages.
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