Lingala
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Relating to the Lingala language, its people, or their culture
- adjective
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lingala
- The festival celebrated Lingala heritage with traditional dances and songs.
Examples
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The Lingala culture is rich in music and storytelling traditions.
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Among the most compelling examples of the use of word and image for political ends are Congolese popular paintings, which incorporate French, Lingala, Swahili, and other languages into captions and commentaries to support the artworks' visual narratives.
Academic text (2007) -
Many children in Kinshasa learn their first words in Lingala at home.
Surface Forms
Lingala positive
Etymology
Lingala comes from the local name Ngala with the language prefix li-, where li- marks a 'language'. So Lingala originally meant 'the language of the Ngala people', and as an adjective it describes things connected to that language and culture.