| They alternate between Lingala, French, and Spanish lyrics till they all seem to blend. |
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| Used by the colonial military in the 1800s as the language of trade and travel, Lingala remains the lingua franca of the region. |
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| Speakers of African language Lingala, Persian language Farsi, Lithuanian and Somali are among those needed. |
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| Spoken instructions come even in the various dialects of Albanian, Kurdish, and Lingala. |
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| Equally at home singing in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Lingala, and Kincongo, he brings energy, rhythm and excitement to his music. |
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| Based in Dublin and well known in African communities, their lively mix of toe-tapping, hip-swinging music blends French, Lingala and Portuguese. |
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| With songs sung in Spanish, French and Lingala and excellent sleeve notes, this album truly celebrates the Afro-Cuban connection. |
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| Music is mainly of local, Swahili, and Lingala origin, but Western European and American music are also common. |
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| Why is it that a Bantu variety as inflection-wary as English is the brand of Lingala spoken non-natively as a lingua franca? |
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| At this time the identified language requirements are Acholi, Lendu, Swahili, Sango, Kingbandi, Lingala, Arabic, French and English. |
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| Activities include transcription workshops in various languages such as Manding, Fulfuldé, Djerma-Songhai, Lingala and Wolof. |
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| We even wrote a track in Lingala in the 1980s, called Jalousie and it was a hit. |
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| Lingala is a very popular vernacular language that is understood by village communities that more often than not have received little education. |
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| But I have to admit I'm not fluent in anything apart from Swahili and Lingala. |
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| Swahili and Lingala, the two languages spoken in Ituri, are used in these meetings, in addition to French. |
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| Other major languages include Swahili, Lingala, Kikongo, and Tshiluba. |
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| As Tabou Combo's main composer, I've always loved Congolese tunes, and Lingala, which I would have loved to learn! |
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| Most of the other tracks are in Lingala or Swahili, two of the most commonly used languages in southern Africa. |
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| But at a recent rally José Moke uttered his first Lingala words in public, to appreciative cheers. |
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| The reason he was requested to work was because he spoke both Swahili and Lingala and therefore appeared to have some use for the colonel's purposes. |
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| The younger Kabila, who was raised in neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda and does not speak Lingala, the main language of this part of Congo, did not speak at the service. |
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| Kabila spent most of his life in exile in Tanzania, where he learned English and Swahili, but neither French nor Lingala, the two most widely spoken languages in Kinshasa. |
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| With his left hand on the mixer and his right queuing up a cassette player, he produces music and other programmes in French, Lingala and Kiswahili. |
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| The film, in French and the African language Lingala, wowed the critics and was awarded a top prize at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. |
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| Swahili and Lingala are the most relevant local languages for the work of the Court. |
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| This glossary consists of 215 terms in each of the following languages: French, Creole, Fulfulde, Lingala, Mandingue, Swahili and English. |
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| I sing the traditional Gnaoua melodies myself, singing lyrics in Lingala which were directly inspired by the original Moroccan texts. |
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| The languages spoken in the city include Lingala, Igbo, and Yoruba, all from Africa. |
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| Lingala enjoys a great deal of local prestige among the masses. |
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| Like the other members, he speaks only the Bantu language Lingala: any questions directed his way have to be translated first into French, then Lingala, then back again. |
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| The radio programme, 'Connaître la Cour Pénale Internationale' has been broadcast by eight local radio stations in Ituri and Radio Okapi, in Swahili, Lingala and French. |
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| For simultaneous interpretation from and to Lingala. |
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| Through this project, the Bureau is supporting the work of a number of African countries in promoting literacy and the modernization of cross-border languages, such as Creole and Lingala. |
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| Arrangements are currently being made with a local radio station for the translation of summaries and other audiovisual programmes produced by the PIDS into Lingala and Swahili. |
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| This time round Lokua's songs, recorded in Lingala and Swahili as well as in English and French, tended more towards historical themes than modern-day subjects. |
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| Developed and distributed a range of basic information products such us an institutional video, posters and factsheets which were translated into English, French, Swahili and Lingala. |
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| There is also some emerging aspect of Lingala borrowed from Congolese musicians. |
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| Along the way, he taught himself French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, Swahili and Lingala. |
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| The GFF produced 15,000 of the Lingala language booklets, which will be distributed on military bases in all of the DRC's 11 provinces. |
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| The Lari and Lingala languages are in there too. |
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| One of his aunts decided to teach him a Congolese song in Lingala. |
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| This is spoken in parts of the Congo, even right now, along with Lingala. |
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| The democratic Republic of Congo has the largest area with about 221 languages spoken alongside four national languages, namely, Lingala, Kiswahili, Kikongo and Tshiluba. |
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| When he arrived at Belgian club Anderlecht three years ago, he spoke only his local Congo dialect, Lingala, and learned to read and write in French. |
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