人权宣言 - Lingala

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联合国新闻中心，刚果民主共和国

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Lingala

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总发言人数

8,400,000 (1979)

按國家使用（官方語言）

Official Status: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo Home Speakers: Central African Republic, Cameroon

背景

It belongs to the Benue-Congo family, Bantu group, and is spoken by over 8 million people especially in former Zaire, and as many as 15 million people including second language users. Originally Lingala was spoken around the confluence of the rivers Oubangui and Congo, but today's Lingala is a mixed language containing elements from several Bantu languages as well as French, Portuguese and English. In fact, it is the main lingua franca of the northern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.