Lingala

Summary

Lingala is a natural language^[1]. Lingala draws 1,472 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #103 of 734).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lingala is in the country of Republic of the Congo^[3].
• Lingala is in the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo^[4].
• Lingala's instance of is recorded as natural language^[5].
• Lingala's instance of is recorded as modern language^[6].
• Lingala is a type of Bangi–Ntomba^[7].
• Lingala's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[8].
• Lingala's Commons category is recorded as Lingala language^[9].
• Lingala's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ln^[10].
• Lingala's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 1, 'lon': 18}^[11].
• Lingala's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lingala language^[12].
• Lingala's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+20000000'}^[13].
• Lingala's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/lingala^[14].
• Lingala's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ln', 'text': 'Lingála'}^[15].
• Lingala's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ln', 'text': 'Lingala'}^[16].
• Lingala's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ln', 'text': 'lingála'}^[17].
• Lingala's indigenous to is recorded as Kinshasa (commune)^[18].
• Lingala's indigenous to is recorded as Bandundu Province^[19].
• Lingala's indigenous to is recorded as Orientale Province^[20].
• Lingala's indigenous to is recorded as Équateur^[21].
• Lingala's indigenous to is recorded as Brazzaville^[22].
• Lingala's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LIN^[23].
• Lingala's exact match is recorded as https://apics-online.info/contributions/60^[24].
• Lingala's exact match is recorded as https://afbo.info/languages/126^[25].
• Lingala's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 3 Wider Communication^[26].
• Lingala's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[5] and modern language^[6]. Lingala is a type of Bangi–Ntomba^[7].

Why It Matters

Lingala draws 1,472 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #103 of 734).^[2] Lingala has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Lingala is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]