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Lingala (or Ngala, Lingala: Lingála) is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree as a trade language or because of emigration in neighbouring Angola or Central African Republic.
Lingala-language writers (3 P) M. Lingala-language musical groups (1 C) Pages in category "Lingala language" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The choice of language in Indépendance Cha Cha, Lingala, supplemented by French loanwords, meant that the song also became a hit in the neighbouring French Congo where the language was also widely spoken. [5] It was widely broadcast across Africa by Radio Congo Belge.
The film was Canada's entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 85th Academy Awards. [23] [24] It was a rare Canadian submission for featuring a substantial amount of Lingala as well as French. [25] It was among nine shortlisted in December 2012, [26] and became one of the five nominees. [27]
DJs often renamed African songs with Spanish titles, composed champetas in the Palenque language (a creole fusion of Spanish and Bantu languages such as Kikongo and Lingala), or phonetically distorted the original names. [67] For instance, Mbilia Bel's "Mobali Na Ngai Wana" became known in Colombia as "La Bollona".
A creole language is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages. Unlike a pidgin , a simplified form that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups, a creole language is a complete language, used in a community and acquired by children as their native language .
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On Language was a regular column in the weekly New York Times Magazine on the English language discussing popular etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics. The inaugural column was published on February 18, 1979 and it was a regular popular feature. Many of the columns were collected in books.