Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Digital Libraries

• Webster's Dictionary [1]
  Limited Lingala-English online dictionary

Language Study

Grammar

• Wikipedia [2]
  Overview of Lingala grammar

Vocabulary

• Lingala Vocabulary [3]
  English-Lingala vocabulary quizzes

Reading & Writing

• Omniglot [4]
  Guide to Lingala writing system

Online Courses & Materials

• Lingala language resources: Mongabay [5]
  Collection of Lingala language resources
• Lingala language and culture [6]
  Information about language and culture

Culture

News & Media

• Global Recordings Network [7]
  Audio materials for language learning
• African Radio on the Internet [8]
  Congo news in French, Kiswahili, Lingala, Kikongo, and Tshiluba.

Arts, Films & Music

• Soukous [9]
  Information about the popular African rhythm

The UI Main Library Films Collection

The UI Main Library offers extensive media collections in various languages. To find films, please visit the UI Main Library website and follow these steps:

1. Select "advanced search"
2. Scroll down to "Limit Search to:"
3. Choose your specific language and
4. Choose "Video-all" for "format."

Search Engines and Directories

• The Index on Africa [10]
  The Norwegian Council for Africa's index of Congo related web resources
• Yahoo Directory [11]
  Democratic Republic of the Congo search directory