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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Democratic Republic of the Congo > Lalia

Lalia

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3lal

Population  55,000 (1993).
Region  Equateur Province southeast corner, Ikela Territory, collectivités of Tumbenga, Lokina, Lofume, Tshwapa, and Loile. Yalosaka is center.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Mongo (C.70)
Language use  All ages. Mongo-Nkundu [lol] and Lingala [lin] are used in church.
Comments  Distinct from Mongo.