Lingala
[ ling-gah-luh ]
/ lɪŋˈgɑ lə /
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noun
a Bantu language used as a lingua franca in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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How to use Lingala in a sentence
I recently memorized the entire Lingala-English dictionary, to help me prep for a reporting trip to the Congo.
British Dictionary definitions for Lingala
Lingala
/ (ˌlɪŋˈɡɑːlə) /
noun
a Bantu language which is spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, and Angola
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