Spoken L1 Language: Northwestern Lingala

Comments on subclassification

Meeuwis, Michael 2010: 11-22 Meeuwis, Michael 2013: 39-42

AES status:
not endangered
Source:
Glottolog
Comment:
Northwestern Lingala (NOCODE_Northwestern-Lingala-NOCODE_Northwestern-Lingala) = 6a (Vigorous).

The Lingala [lin] entry of E16/E17/E18/E19/E20/E21/E22/E23/E24/E25/E26/E27/E28 subsumes varieties that transcend intelligibility. In particular, the northwestern variety emanating from the missionary activities in Nouvelle-Anvers and Lisala, is not intelligible ( Meeuwis, Michael 2013 , and p.c. Michael Meeuwis 2020) to speakers in Kinshasa today, and thus merits its own entry. See also: Lingala [lin].

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