ln
Technical information about ISO 639 language code ln
The table below provides technical details for the Lingala language, designated by the ln
code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
Lingala belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, specifically the Bantu subgroup. It is primarily spoken in parts of the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lingala is predominantly written using the Latin script. It is estimated that there are more than 20 million speakers worldwide.
Speakers
159K
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Lingala speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
ln-AO
– Lingala (Angola)
ln-CD
– Lingala (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
ln-CF
– Lingala (Central African Republic)
ln-CG
– Lingala (Congo)
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