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Lingala Parallel Texts David R. Woods This book is designed for the upper intermediate to advanced English speaking student of Lingala, and contains Lingala texts of two long pieces of prose fiction and a short play with an English translation of each, and cassette recordings read by a native Lingala speaker. An introduction by the translator provides background on the Lingala language and a summary of the three texts that make up the book. With six 90 min. audio cassette recordings, and a 2002 text, 264 pages, hardbound. Book and 6 cassettes $175
Lingala - English Dictionary Lumana Pashi, Alan Turnbull This general-purpose dictionary contains 12,000 headwords. There are extensive cross-references to synonyms, antonyms, and related words. Examples of usage or contexts are supplied for 10% of the entries. Users will find English definitions of the basic word stock of modern Lingala as used in daily communication. 1994, 256 pages, hardbound. $108