Lingala

See also: lingala and lingála

English

Etymology

From Lingala lingála (“Lingala”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɪŋˈɡɑːlə/

Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

Bangala

Translations

Bantu language

Afrikaans: Ngala (af)
Armenian: լինգալա (hy) (lingala)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 林加拉語／林加拉语 (Línjiālāyǔ), 林格拉語／林格拉语 (Língélāyǔ)
Finnish: lingala (fi)
French: lingala (fr) m
Japanese: リンガラ語 (ringara-go)
Limburgish: Lingalisj n
Lingala: lingála (ln) class 5
Polish: lingala (pl) n
Portuguese: lingala (pt) m
Russian: линга́ла (ru) (lingála)
Swahili: Kingala

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Lingala terms

Appendix:Lingala Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Lingala

Further reading

ISO 639-1 code ln, ISO 639-3 code lin (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Lingala, lin ⁠
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

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