Lingala to Swahili
Number of Native Speakers: Lingala is spoken natively by approximately 7.5 million people worldwide. Number of Speakers Worldwide: Lingala is spoken by around 7.5 million people worldwide, including native speakers and those who use it as a second language. Official Language Status: Lingala is one of the national languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Number of Native Speakers: Swahili is spoken natively by approximately 16 million people worldwide. Number of Speakers Worldwide: Swahili is spoken by around 100 million people worldwide, including native speakers and those who use it as a second language. Official Language Status: Swahili is the official language of Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, and is also widely spoken in other parts of East Africa.