Lingala
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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A discussion ensued, “and immediately, when Chris started singing in Lingala, it felt good — it felt right,” explained Attwell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The audience broke into a chant in the Lingala language directed at the country’s president, thundering that his mandate was over.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
The crowd cheered again when the Argentine pope greeted them in Lingala, one of four national languages of Congo that is widely spoken in the capital, Kinshasa.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
Unlike other internationally successful Congolese performers, Ms. Muana sang most of her songs in Tshiluba, the native language of her Kasai tribe, rather than in French or Lingala, the Congolese lingua franca.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
From my description, he thought they were kata-kata — “cut-cut” in Lingala — a catch-all local term that could refer to renegade guards or deserters from the Congolese or Rwandan or Zambian armies.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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