A monolingual dictionary in Lingala. Includes a dictionary of names. BNS, 486pp, FRANCE. KARTHALA.

A Lingala to French and French to Lingala dictionary. Text in French. BNS, 554pp, FRANCE. KARTHALA.

The first section advises the reader on speaking and learning Lingala. The second section is a dictionary: English Lingala, and Lingala English. 238pp, UK.

This book is designed for the upper intermediate to advanced English speaking student of Lingala, a member of the Bantu family of languages and the most important of the four national languages of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The book includes Lingala texts of two long pieces of prose fiction and a short play with an English translation of each. NB No cassettes are included although they are mentioned in the text. 239pp, USA. DUNWOODY.