Lingala

Lingala
Ngala
Lingála
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Angola and The Republic of South Sudan
Region	Congo River
Native speakers	Native speakers: Estimates range from 15 to 20 million speakers (2020) L2 speakers: 25 million speakers (2020)  (2020)[1] [2]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bangi–Ntomba (C.30) Bangi–Moi Bangi Lingala
Dialects	Bangala
Writing system	African reference alphabet (Latin), Mandombe script
Official status
Official language in	Congo–Kinshasa (national language)  Congo-Brazzaville (national language)
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ln
ISO 639-2	lin
ISO 639-3	lin
Glottolog	ling1269
Guthrie code	C30B[3]
Linguasphere	99-AUI-f
Geographic distribution of Lingala speakers, showing regions of native speakers (dark green) and other regions of use
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Lingala (Ngala) (Lingala: Lingála) bụ asụsụ Bantu a na-asụ n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ nke Democratic Republic of the Congo, ọkara ugwu nke Republic of the Kongo, n'isi obodo ha, Kinshasa na Brazzaville, yana n'ókè dị ala na Angola, Central African Republic na ndịda South Sudan. Lingala nwere nde mmadụ iri na ise na iri abụọ na-asụ asụsụ nke abụọ na ihe dị ka nde mmadụ iri abụọ na ise na-asụrụ asụsụ nke abụọ, maka ngụkọta nke nde mmadụ iri anọ wee rue na ise na ise na na-asọpụta asụsụ.

1. ↑ Meeuwis, Michael (2020). A Grammatical Overview of Lingala: Revised and extended edition. München: Lincom. p. 15. ISBN 9783969390047.
2. ↑ senemongaba, Auteur (August 20, 2017).
3. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009.