Lingala

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Bantu language language lingua franca

Lingala is a Bantu language widely spoken as a lingua franca in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo, especially in urban centers and along the Congo River.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Brazzaville Lingala 1
Kinshasa Lingala 1
Lingala language 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
developedAlong Congo River ⓘ
developedFrom Bobangi ⓘ
glottocode ling1263 ⓘ
hasDialects Bangala ⓘ
Lingala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brazzaville Lingala

Lingala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kinshasa Lingala

Lingala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standard Lingala
hasNounClassSystem true ⓘ
hasSVOOrder true ⓘ
ISO639-1Code ln ⓘ
ISO639-2Code lin ⓘ
ISO639-3Code lin ⓘ
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic–Congo

Bantoid ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Bantu

Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Benue–Congo

Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form: Niger–Congo
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
lexicalInfluenceFrom English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese
majorUrbanCenters Brazzaville ⓘ
Kinshasa ⓘ
Kisangani ⓘ
Mbandaka ⓘ
officialStatus national language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
national language of the Republic of the Congo ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
Congo River ⓘ
surface form: Congo River basin
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
subfamily Bangala group ⓘ
Western Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Congo River Bantu languages
usedAs lingua franca ⓘ
usedBy Congolese Armed Forces ⓘ
usedIn education ⓘ
music ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ
radio broadcasting ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ
writingStandardized 20th century ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brazzaville → commonLanguages → Lingala ⓘ
Lingala → hasDialects → Lingala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Lingala
Lingala → hasDialects → Lingala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinshasa Lingala
Lingala → hasDialects → Lingala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brazzaville Lingala
this entity surface form: Lingala language
Tshiluba → influencedBy → Lingala ⓘ
Tshiluba → neighboringLanguage → Lingala ⓘ
Kikongo → neighboringLanguages → Lingala ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of the Congo