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Lingala Facile
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Learn Lingala, at your own pace

A language is passed on with love. Here you receive it step by step, playfully, without judgement. Then, whenever you like, Swahili, Kikongo and Tshiluba.

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The whole site, door by door

Each door opens a way of learning. Come in through the one that feels like you.

Where does Lingala come from?

From the river to the rumba, the journey of a language. And the project that wants to pass it on.

History Project

A question? Keen to help?

The FAQ clears up your doubts, and the Participate page opens the door: feedback, a message, a helping hand.

Take part FAQ

Touch a word, it speaks to you

Flip a card: the word shows itself and says its name out loud. All 1,582 words of the dictionary do the same.

Learn

Understand first, remember next: the basics, the numbers, then the whole dictionary.

Your first keys

The alphabet, the ɛ and ɔ sounds, the music of the language: everything starts here.

Basics

Four bricks to count everything

Count in Lingala: every number is written, read out and listened to.

Numbers

Every word has a voice

1,582 words across 21 themes. Search in French, English or German, listen in Lingala.

Dictionary

Practise

What you have just learned comes alive: by playing, by practising, by reading.

Learn by playing

Memory, guessing, quiz, scrambled sentences, the dugout canoe: five games that change every time you play.

Games

Measure your progress

Vocabulary, verbs, numbers, dialogues: marks given with kindness, plus Momekano, the big check-up.

Exercises

The Word in Lingala

All 66 books, verse by verse, also readable in French, English and German.

Bible

Ready to say your first words?

You don’t need to know everything to start. One word, then another. We move forward together.

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