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 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
Yet they had been teaching her to sing in Lingala and French, and to dance rumba.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2022
“People are celebrating,” said Maryk Francq Mavie Amonga, a production assistant for the multilingual news service Africanews and a native speaker of Lingala.
From New York Times • May 31, 2022
“And that means to get one good connection made, you have to understand the Kituba, the Lingala, the Bembe, Kunyi, Vili, Ndingi, and the bleeding talking drums.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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