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Language: Lingala

Population of Groups Speaking

4,651,000

People Groups Speaking as Primary Language

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People Group ▲	Country	Country Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Congolese, general	Belgium	24,000	4,652,000		Christianity	5 ●	94.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Lingala	Angola	148,000	4,652,000		Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Lingala	Burundi	2,700	4,652,000		Christianity	5 ●	87.50 %	22.00 %	-1 -
Lingala	Canada	3,500	4,652,000		Christianity	5 ●	92.00 %	26.00 %	-1 -
Lingala	Congo, Democratic Republic of	4,126,000	4,652,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	90.10 %	24.00 %	-1 -
Lingala	United Kingdom	5,000	4,652,000		Christianity	5 ●	92.00 %	20.00 %	-1 -
Lingala	United States	5,300	4,652,000		Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	24.00 %	-1 -
Lingala	Central African Republic	14,000	4,652,000		Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	27.00 %	-1 -
Lingala	Uganda	26,000	4,652,000		Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Lingala, Congolese	Rwanda	67,000	4,652,000		Christianity	5 ●	96.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Lingala, Ngala	Congo, Republic of the	230,000	4,652,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	93.00 %	14.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 11						0 ●			0

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Photo	People Group ▲	Country	Population	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Buja	Congo, Democratic Republic of	668,000	668,000	●	Christianity	5 ●	96.00 %	25.00 %	-1 -
	Totals: 1						0 ●			0

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Item	Value
Status	Living
Ethnologue Code	lin
Written	Yes
Bible Translation	Complete Bible
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Language Alternate Names
Ngala

Dialects
Brazzaville

Dialect Alternate Names
Lingala
Lingala: Brazzaville
Ngala

Translation	Year / Status
Bible Portions	1908-1968
New Testament	1942-1992
Complete Bible	1970-2009

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Amazon
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Bible.is (Faith Comes By Hearing)
Bible.com (YouVersion)


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Resource ▲	Link
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching (GRN)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Online Scripture (Talking Bibles)
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Father's Love Letter
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Lingala
Film / Video	LUMO film of Gospels
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Walk with Jesus (Africa, JF Project)
General	Got Questions Ministry
Mobile App	Download audio Bible app from Google Play Store
Text / Printed Matter	Bible: Lingala
Text / Printed Matter	Cartoon Gospel tract
Text / Printed Matter	Online Bible text (Scripture Earth)
Text / Printed Matter	Tools for faith conversations
Text / Printed Matter	World Missionary Press Booklets

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
A displayed zero can mean true zero, a very small rounded number or sometimes unknown. Blanks mean an unknown value.
The data is sometimes not as precise as it appears. Values for %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical (which determine unreached status) are often informed estimates, some more accurate than others. We recommend against using %Christian Adherent and %Evangelical to calculate absolute numbers.
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