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Lingala is a Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic. It has over 10 million speakers.
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This dictionary was made by Renato B. Figueiredo.
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Lingala > English: 1,446 words
English > Lingala: 1,218 words
First upload: September 8, 2008
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