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The Lingua Franca of the Middle Congo

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Opening ParagraphFrom time to time there have appeared in this journal notes on the lingua franca spoken along the central section of the River Congo. On the usual principle of discarding the prefix in referring to the names of Bantu languages, this lingua franca has been called Ngala. In this case, however, we are obliged to retain the prefix to avoid confusion, as there exists in this area more than one language whose name is derived from this stem.
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Title: The Lingua Franca of the Middle Congo
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Opening ParagraphFrom time to time there have appeared in this journal notes on the lingua franca spoken along the central section of the River Congo.
On the usual principle of discarding the prefix in referring to the names of Bantu languages, this lingua franca has been called Ngala.
In this case, however, we are obliged to retain the prefix to avoid confusion, as there exists in this area more than one language whose name is derived from this stem.

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