Ngala

noun

Nga·​la

əŋˈgälə

plural Ngala or Ngalas

1

a

: a Bantu people of western Africa

b

: a member of such people

2

: a Bantu language of the Ngala people

3

: a trade language based on Ngala (see sense 2 above) and widely used in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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