Lingala | |
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Lingála | |
Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo |
Region | Central Africa |
Native speakers | 15 million |
Official status | |
Official language in | Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ln |
ISO 639-2 | lin |
ISO 639-3 | lin |
Lingala is a Bantu language spoken in the North-East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the North of the Republic of the Congo. It has the status of national language in those two countries.