See lingála in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"1": "en",
"2": "Lingala",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Lingala",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Lingala"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "lingala",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: lingala",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: lingala"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "lingala",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: lingala",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: lingala"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The language name is a European creation, based on the native name mangála, in reference to a (now extinct) people or their village.",
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{
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"tags": [
"class-6",
"plural"
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},
"expansion": "lingála class 5 (plural mangála class 6)",
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}
],
"lang": "Lingala",
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "72 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Lingala entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "83 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "85 15",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "62 38",
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"Lingala (language)"
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"Lingala",
"Lingala"
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"tags": [
"class-5"
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"glosses": [
"parlance; language; rhetoric"
],
"id": "en-lingála-ln-noun-vnEtJJ2O",
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"parlance",
"parlance"
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[
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"language"
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"rhetoric",
"rhetoric"
]
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"class-5"
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"Lingala lemmas",
"Lingala nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Lingala",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Lingala",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Lingala"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "lingala",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: lingala",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: lingala"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
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"1": "pt",
"2": "lingala",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: lingala",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: lingala"
}
],
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{
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"tags": [
"class-6",
"plural"
]
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"args": {
"1": "5"
},
"expansion": "lingála class 5 (plural mangála class 6)",
"name": "ln-noun"
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"Lingala (language)"
],
"links": [
[
"Lingala",
"Lingala"
]
],
"tags": [
"class-5"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"parlance; language; rhetoric"
],
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[
"parlance",
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[
"language",
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"rhetoric"
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],
"word": "lingála"
}
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