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Publication details [#21595]

Samarin, William J. 1989. 'Official language': The case of Lingala. In Ammon, Ulrich, ed. Status and function of languages and language varieties. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 386–398.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

function | language status | lingua franca | official language

Language as a subject

Lingala

Annotation

This article deals with the case of Lingala. This lingua franca of Zaïre evolved within the colonial framework without a community of native speakers and got diffused via the activities of Christian missionaries and traders.