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TTN translates from German, French, English and Italian into Lingala – and vice versa. Specialised translators who are native speakers, quality assurance according to ISO 17100, a quote in three clicks.
About Lingala
- Native name
- Lingála
- ISO code
- ISO 639-1: ln · ISO 639-3: lin
- Language family
- Niger-Congo › Bantu
- Script
- Latin
- Native speakers
- 20 million
- Second-language speakers
- 20 million
- Also spoken in
- Congo (DRC), Congo, Angola, Central African Republic
Official language
Also spoken
Lingala is a Bantu lingua franca of the Congo basin, spoken in Kinshasa and Brazzaville. It is widely known through Congolese popular music (rumba, soukous). Source: Wikipedia / Ethnologue, 2025
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