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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.

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Day 1 of your streak: mbote and welcome!

Word of the day

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Who’s learning?

Each person keeps their streak, words and path — everything stays on this device, no account.

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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 1,716 words of the dictionary do the same.

Learn

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

Your first keys

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

Basics

Counting, time and days

Every number is written, read out and heard. And since the time and the days are numbers, you’ll say them too.

Numbers

Every word has a voice

1,716 words across 21 themes. Search in French, English, German or Portuguese, listen in Lingala. Then, at your own pace, Swahili, Kikongo and Tshiluba.

Dictionary

Phrases ready to say

Greet, thank, ask your way: everyday phrases to listen to and repeat.

Phrases

Practise

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

Learn by playing

Memory, guessing, quiz, the dugout canoe, the phrase in pieces, crossword, the journey, the wall of words: eight games that change every time you play.

Games

Measure your progress

Vocabulary, verbs, numbers, the time, 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, German and Portuguese.

Bible

Move forward step by step

Ten steps, one theme at a time: discover the words, play them, write them. The site remembers where you are.

Path

What people are saying

Gostaria que colocassem músicas em lingala com tradução em português
— Maria, Angola
Excellente plateforme pour apprendre le lingala ! Les leçons sont claires, faciles à suivre et motivantes. Merci pour ce beau travail qui aide à préserver et transmettre notre langue. J’aimerais voir encore plus de vocabulaire, de dialogues du quotidien et d’exercices interactifs. Bravo à toute l’équipe !
— OG Orlando Gomes, Belgique
E uma língua tão especial para os Africanos.

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