Lingala (lin)

Lingala (lin) is part of the Niger-Congo family and Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Bangi-Ntomba (C.30) class.

Lingala speaking People Groups across the world:

Fast Facts:

Total People Groups:10
Total Population:4,814,000
Unengaged and Unreached:
People Groups:2
Population:59,500
Engaged yet Unreached:
People Groups:3
Population:405,000
No Longer Unreached:
People Groups:5
Population:4,349,500

Discover More about Lingala:
- Ethnologue - Lingala
- Glottalog - Lingala

Media Resources for Lingala:

TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources for Lingala:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1982 Boyokant Ya Sika

1 entry

People Groups who primarily speak Lingala

Strategic Progress Index
All

10 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexReligion
LingalaLingalaCongo, Democratic Republic of the4,265,000No Longer UnreachedRoman Catholicism
LingalaLingalaAngola198,000Engaged yet UnreachedEthnoreligion
LingalaLingalaCongo188,000Engaged yet UnreachedProtestantism
LingalaLingalaSouth Sudan49,000Unengaged and UnreachedSunni Islam
CongoleseCongoleseUnited States38,000No Longer UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
CongoleseCongoleseUganda27,500No Longer UnreachedNeo-Pentecostalism
LingalaLingalaCentral African Republic19,000Engaged yet UnreachedProtestantism
CongoleseCongoleseBelgium15,500No Longer UnreachedRoman Catholicism
NgbindaNgbindaCongo, Democratic Republic of the10,500Unengaged and UnreachedRoman Catholicism
LingalaLingalaCanada3,500No Longer UnreachedProtestantism

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