Bangala

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
bxg
Alternate Names
Ngala
Population

Few L1 speakers.

Location

Orientale Province.

Language Status

3 (Wider communication).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Bangi-Ntomba (C.36)
Dialects

Related to Lusengo [lse] and Lingala [lin]. Becoming more like Lingala.

Language Use

3,500,000 L2 speakers (1991 UBS).

Language Development
Bible: 1953–1995.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bangala
Writing
Latin script.