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Lingala (or Ngala, Lingala: Lingála) is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree as a trade language or because of emigration in neighbouring Angola or Central African Republic.
Kituba is known by many names among its speakers. In academic circles the language is called Kikongo-Kituba.. In the Republic of the Congo it is called Munukutuba, a phrase which means literally "I say", [4] and is used in the Republic's 1992 constitution. [5]
The official language of the Republic of Congo is French.Other languages are mainly Bantu languages, and the two national languages in the country are Kituba and Lingala, [1] followed by Kongo languages, Téké languages, and more than forty other languages, including languages spoken by Pygmies, which are not Bantu languages.
The Southern American English word "goober", meaning peanut, comes from Kongo nguba. [38] The word funk, or funky, in American popular music has its origin, some say, in the Kongo word Lu-fuki. [39] The name of the Cuban dance mambo comes from a Bantu word meaning "conversation with the gods".
Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]
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The lexicologist Arizona M. Baongoli, specializing in Lingala, expounds that "ndombolo" encapsulates a genre of Congolese dance, literally meaning "gorilla" or "chimpanzee". [17] The dance choreography involves hip gyrations, showcasing the posterior while executing forward and backward movements.
Mondele, or mundelé, (pl. mindele) is a Bobangi term meaning "white" (white man, not the color, mpembe) European-style person, person with light skin color.The words were originally used to describe Belgian and French colonists, but can be used to describe any light-skinned non-African.