Lingala

See also: lingala

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lingala Lingála (“Lingala”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪŋˈɡɑːlə/

Proper noun

Lingala

1. 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.

Synonyms

• Bangala

Translations

Bantu language

• Afrikaans: Ngala (af)
• Armenian: լինգալա (hy) (lingala)
• Finnish: lingala (fi)
• Japanese: リンガラ語 (ringara-go)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Limburgish: Lingalisj (li) n
• Portuguese: lingala (pt) m
• Russian: линга́ла (ru) (lingála)
• Swahili: Kilingala

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Lingala terms
• Appendix:Lingala Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Lingala

Further reading

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• Suka Epoque, an online magazine featuring two serious Lingala/French and French/Lingala word pair lists
• Pascal Grouselle's French/Lingala and Lingala/French online dictionary, smaller, but with example sentences

Anagrams

• Gallian, Gallina, gallian, la-la-ing