Mbote!
say it: “m-BOH-teh”
Lingala
in its own words: Lingála
- Speakers
- 40 million
- Family
- Niger-Congo – Bantu
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo
Fun fact
It began on the Congo River as the language of boatmen. Some of Africa's most danceable music is sung in it.