See also: Lingala

Lingala edit

Etymology edit

The language name is a European creation, based on the native name mangála, in reference to a (now extinct) people or their village.

Noun edit

lingála class 5 (plural mangála class 6)

  1. Lingala (language)
  2. parlance; language; rhetoric

Descendants edit

  • English: Lingala
  • French: lingala
  • Portuguese: lingala