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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.
Four other languages, all of them Bantu based, have the status of national language: Kikongo-Kituba, Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba. Democratic Republic of the Congo is a Francophone country, where, as of 2024, 55.393 million (50.69%) out of 109.276 million people speak French [ 2 ] and 74% report using French as a lingua franca .
Congo Swahili differs greatly from Standard Swahili. [5] There is a common saying among Swahili speakers that goes: "Swahili was born in Zanzibar, grew up in Tanzania, fell sick in Kenya, died in Uganda and was buried in Congo", [6] which highlights how speakers of other dialects often find Congo Swahili incomprehensible.
Other Bantu languages have influenced it as well, including Kiyaka, Kimbala, Kisongo, Kiyansi, Lingala, and Swahili. In addition, many words have been borrowed from French, Portuguese, and English. [33] These include: sandúku (Swah. sanduku) "box", the Swahili word comes from Arabic صندوق (ṣandūq) matáta (Swah. matata) "trouble"
Luba-Kasai, also known as Cilubà or Tshilubà, [4] Luba-Lulua, [5] [6] is a Bantu language of Central Africa and a national language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, alongside Lingala, Swahili, and Kikongo ya leta.
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Mondele, or mundelé, (pl. mindele) is a Bobangi term meaning "white" (white man, not the color, mpembe) European-style person, person with light skin color.The words were originally used to describe Belgian and French colonists, but can be used to describe any light-skinned non-African.
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