Lingala language resources – Language Links Database
Lingala (Ngala) – is a Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a large part of the Republic of the Congo, as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic. It has over 10 million speakers.
More information: Wikipedia
Native speakers: 5.5 million (2007), 7 million second-language speakers in DRC, including Bangala (1999)
Official language in: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
Lingala Grammar and Pronunciation
- FSI Language Resources - Textbook (pdf) and 24 audio lessons (mp3)
- Wikipedia - Basic grammar
- FaceBook - Language lessons
Digitized Grammar Books
- Eric.ed.gov Lingala Basic Course (1963), 310 pages (pdf)
- Google Books Morphosyntax of the verb in Lingala: A generative approach by Rufin Batota-Mpeho (view only)
Lingala Vocabulary
- Wiktionary - A 207-word frequency list
- Quizlet.com - Lessons and hundreds of flashcards
- Congo.lingala.free.fr - Thematic vocabulary (on the left)
- FieldSupport - Language Survival Kits
Vocabulary-related (and digitized) E-books
- Booksreadr.net Phrasebook, 6 pages (pdf)
Lingala Reading Materials
- Carelinks.net - Parallel French-Lingala-English texts
- Wikipedia - Lingala version of Wikipedia
Lingala Dictionaries
Lingala Listening and Video Resources
PODCASTS / AUDIOBOOKS
- Forvo - 20 words pronounced by native speakers
TV / VIDEO / MOVIES
- YouTube - Lingala Institute YT Channel – over 30 lessons of great quality
- YouTube - A list of YT video lessons
- SquidTV - A list of TV stations (only 1 is in Lingala)
RADIO
- Rad.io - A list of 2 radio stations
MUSIC
- MamaLisa - Kid Songs and Rhymes
Lingala In Other Languages
- Pascal.grouselle.pagesperso-orange.fr - First words in Lingala (in French)
- Suka-epoque.de - French-Lingala Dictionary
- Eric.ed.gov Lingala. Livre du formateur (Teacher’s Manual) (1986), 227 pages (pdf)
- Archive.org Wolof-Lingala-French Lexicon
- Google Books Dictionnaire français-lingala: Bago lingala-falansé by Ashem-Tem Kawata (2002)(view only)
- Archive.org La Bible en lingala (haut fleuve) (1970)
- Archive.org Grammaire et vocabulaire du lingala ou langue du Haut-Congo (1904)
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