A língua Lingala no Congo-Kinshasa: o perfil sociolinguístico
(2023) Njinga & Sepé: Revista Internacional de Culturas, Línguas Africanas e Brasileiras — Vol. Vol.3, n° Especial II, p. 527-540 (2023)
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- This article describes the origins of the Lingala, a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, parts of the Republic of Gabon, the Republic of Cameroon, the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of Angola. Outside Africa, Lingala is spoken in Europe by many African immigrants. It is a language with a written tradition and a vast literary output. Additionally, Lingala is a language of instruction, which makes it even more significant. According to Nzoimbengene, the prefix -li- in the name ngala was added to the name of the language (ngala) by Catholic missionaries from the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae in the 20th century, around 1901, when they wanted to publish grammars, dictionaries, Bibles and make it the language of evangelisation. The Lingala language (classification: C36d) emerged from a variation of the Bobangi language (classification: C32), which is the mother of all languages of the tribes on the banks of the Congo River. It is a language that tends to spread across borders due to its status as an official and lingua franca language, especially in trade.
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Nzoimbengene, P., & et al. (2023). A língua Lingala no Congo-Kinshasa: o perfil sociolinguístico (Alexandre António Timbane, trans.). Njinga & Sepé: Revista Internacional de Culturas, Línguas Africanas e Brasileiras, Vol.3(Especial II), 527-540. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/248813 (Original work published 2023)