Lingala > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Lingala
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Ngala
Spoken in:
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic
Number of speakers:
2,040,000 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (2000). L2 speakers together with Bangala [bxg] in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 7,000,000 (1999 WA). Population total all countries: 2,141,300
(Ethnologue)
Code:
lin
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Lusengo (lsng)
Map of Lingala
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