Lingala
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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He arrived with the ability to speak three languages — French, Swahili and Lingala.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
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
They used dazzling guitars and sang in Lingala, the language of the capital, Kinshasa, or French.
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
There is no word in Lingala for evening, because this close to the equator the sun goes down very quickly, and day becomes night almost without warning.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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