for the high tone circumflex for descending tone caron for ascending tone Sample The Lord's Prayer (Catholic version) Tatá wa bísó, ozala o likoló, bato bakúmisa Nkómbó ya , bandima bokonzi bwa , mpo elingo , basálá yangó o nsé, lokóla bakosalaka o likoló Pésa bísó biléi bya , límbisa mabé ma bísó, lokóla bísó tokolimbisaka baníngá. Sálisa bísó tondima masɛ́nginyá tê, mpe bíkisa bísó o mabé. Na bokonzi, nguyá na nkembo, o bileko o binso sékô. Amen. The Lord's Prayer (Protestant version used in Ubangi-Mongala region) Tatá na bísó na likoló, nkómbó na ezala mosanto, bokonzi na eya, mokano na esalama na nsé lokola na likoló. Pésa bísó kwanga ekokí . Límbisa bísó nyongo na bísó, pelamoko elimbisi bísó bango nyongo na bango. Kamba bísó kati na komekama tê, kasi bíkisa bísó na mabé. Mpo ete na ezalí bokonzi, na nguyá, na nkembo, lobiko na lobiko. Amen. Mandombe The Mandombe script is an abugida, primarily used to write Kikongo, that can also be used for Lingala. The script is used in the church of Kimbangu as a liturgical script. References Sources Van Everbroeck, René C.I.C.M. (1985) Lingala – Malóba ma lokóta/Dictionnaire. Editions l'Epiphanie. B.P. 724 LIMETE (Kinshasa). Edama, Atibakwa Baboya (1994) Dictionnaire bangála–français–lingála. Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique SÉPIA. Etsio, Edouard (2003) Parlons lingala / Tobola lingala. Paris: L'Harmattan. Bokamba, Eyamba George et Bokamba, Molingo Virginie. Tósolola Na Lingála: Let's Speak Lingala (Let's Speak Series). National African Language Resource Center (May 30, 2005) Guthrie, Malcolm & Carrington, John F. (1988) Lingala: grammar and dictionary: English-Lingala, Lingala-English. London: Baptist Missionary Society. Meeuwis, Michael (2020) 'A grammatical overview of Lingala: Revised and extended edition'. (Studies in African Linguistics vol. 81). München: LINCOM Europa. Samarin, William J. (1990) 'The origins of Kituba and Lingala', Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 12, 47-77. Bwantsa-Kafungu, J'apprends le lingala tout seul en trois mois'. Centre de recherche pédagogique, Centre Linguistique Théorique et Appliquée, Kinshasa 1982. Khabirov, Valeri. (1998) "Maloba ma nkota Russ-Lingala-Falanse. Русско-лингала-французский словарь". Moscow: Institute of Linguistics-Russian Academy of Sciences (соавторы Мухина Л.М., Топорова И.Н.), 384 p. External links Learn Lingala online (Mofeko), Omotola Akindipe, Ulama Masela & Laura Kiala First words in Lingala Maloba ya lingála Dictionnaire bilingues lingala - français Dictionary of Congo-Brazzaville National Languages Lingala-English dictionary Freelang Lingala Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words (from Wiktionary's Swadesh-list appendix) PanAfriL10n page on Lingala UCLA Language Profiles : Lingala Google in Lingala