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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Acoustic analysis

• McCord, Michael S. 1989. Acoustical and autosegmental analyses of the Mayogo vowel system.

Agriculture and food production

• Tɛlɛ tɛ mi kpalɛ do dala saʼde. 1986. (Ngbaka)
• Ungú kɨndɨ. 1998. (Mono)

AIDS and HIV

• SIDA, begeande bo?. 1990. (Komo)
• Ubulwazi bwe'SIDA na'kuti wangabuyiyeka. 2003. (Fuliiru)

Arithmetic

• Calcul 4. 1993. (Ngbaka)
• Calcul 5. 1994. (Ngbaka)

Aspect

• Cullen, Wendy Ruth. 1999. Tense and aspect in Lubwisi narrative discourse.
• McKee, Robert G. 1992. "‘Here’, ‘there’, ‘yonder’, and beyond with Meje aspect."
• Nicolle, Steve. 2003. "Distal aspects in Bantu languages."

Bilingualism

• Leitch, Myles. 2005. "Aspects of multilingualism in the Lingala zone of Congo."  

Calendars

• Makwaa kʉ uyi makwaa kɔ uyi 2001. 2000. (Budu)
• Makwaa kʉ uyi makwaa kɔ uyi 2002. 2001. (Budu)

Communication

• Harrison, Annette Renée. 2008. Directives in Lingala: participation and subjectivity in a Congolese women's church group.

Community development

• Bailey, Robert C. 1996. "Promoting biodiversity and empowering local people in Central African forests."
• Langdon, Margaret A. 1996. The place of mother-tongue literacy in social development in three African contexts.
• Langdon, Margaret A. 1997. "The place of mother tongue literacy in social development in three African contexts."

Comparative and historical studies

• Olson, Kenneth S. 1996. "On the comparison and classification of Banda dialects."

Consonants

• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1991. "Lendu: a new perspective on implosives and glottalized consonants."
• McKee, Robert G. 1992. "The interpretation of consonants with semi-vowel release in Meje (Zaire) stems."

Culture and folklore

• Ebwira bwa w' enzo na wanguru. 2005. (Tembo)
• Elwaano lwa ndasomerwa. 2006. (Tembo)
• Emukasi na wakakiri. 2006. (Tembo)
• Mà kòpɨ pí̵dhí̵gó ɨ !. 1998. (Logo)
• Mwani n' ebangumwa (récit du Roi et les vieillards). 2005. (Tembo)
• Nabutoore na namirimo (La fille gâtée et la fille travailleuse). 2006. (Tembo)
• Wabuli na wamukei. 2006. (Tembo)
• Wachishengera na wamutereri (l'hyène et du renard). 2006. (Tembo)
• Wambene na wangoromoli (La chèvre et le lion). 2006. (Tembo)
• Wamutereri na walwaasi (Monsieur le Renard et Monsieur le Coq). 2006. (Tembo)
• Wandai na wachikere-kere (la Perdrix et la Grenouille). 2006. (Tembo)
• Wangoromoli, wandokomu na walushamambwa. 2005. (Tembo)
• Wangunda na wakase-kase. 2006. (Tembo)

Dialect intelligibility testing

• Boone, Douglas W. and Kenneth S. Sawka. 1995. "Notes on an experiment in intelligibility testing in Mayogo, Bangba, and Mündü."

Dictionaries and vocabularies

• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1989. Review of: Dictionnaire logo-français suivi d’un index français-logo, by A. Vallaeys.

Discourse analysis

• Morgan, David. 1994. "Semantic constraints on relevance in Lobala discourse."
• Van Otterloo, Roger. 1988. "Towards an understanding of ‘lo’ and ‘behold’ functions of idoú and idɛ in the Greek New Testament."

Discourse structure

• Levinsohn, Stephen H., editor. 1994. Discourse features of ten languages of West-Central Africa.  

Education

• Langdon, Margaret A. 1997. "The place of mother tongue literacy in social development in three African contexts."

Ethnography

• Bailey, Robert C. 1996. "Promoting biodiversity and empowering local people in Central African forests."
• Bailey, Robert C. 2002. "The Efe foragers in the Ituri forest, Democratic Republic of Congo: survival in the new millennium?."
• Harrison, Annette Renée. 2008. Directives in Lingala: participation and subjectivity in a Congolese women's church group.
• McKee, Robert G. 1995. Meje-Mangbetu (northeastern Zaire) death compensations as intergroup rites of passage: a structural, cultural, and linguistic study.

Ethnolinguistics

• Harrison, Annette Renée. 2008. Directives in Lingala: participation and subjectivity in a Congolese women's church group.

Ethnomusicology

• Hollingsworth, Kenneth R. 1999. "A Scripture-in-song project among the Bafuliiru of the Democratic Republic of Congo."
• Jorgensen, Peter. 1994. "An experimental approach to developing music literacy in central Zaire."
• Schrag, Brian E. 1994. "Toward a model for the evaluation of the cultural strength of various musics."
• Schrag, Brian E. 1996. "Catalyzing creativity: Nurturing a dying music through apprenticeship."

Field techniques

• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1996. "Participatory research in linguistics."

Functional literacy

• Langdon, Margaret A. 1996. The place of mother-tongue literacy in social development in three African contexts.

Grammatical descriptions

• Boone, Douglas W. and Kenneth S. Olson. 2004. "Bwa bloc survey report."  
• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1994. Ngiti: a Central-Sudanic language of Zaire.
• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 2003. "Bila (D32)."
• Reeder, JeDene. 1998. Pagibete, a Northern Bantu Borderlands language: a grammatical sketch.
• Sawka, Kenneth Stanley. 2001. Aspects of Mayogo grammar.

Health and hygiene

• ˀBœ̀ yí ndœ́ kœ́gèrœ̀ t́œ́nœ̀ à?. 1995. (Mono)
• Ɔ do dia kili tɛ wi. 1983. (Ngbaka)
• Ɔ do nga tɛ wi. 1994. (Ngbaka)
• Ibihando. 2001. (Fuliiru)

Kinship studies

• McKee, Robert G. 2000. "’My mother gave birth to me, she didn’t divulge my name’: a Meegye-Mangbetu representation of patrilineal, matrilineal, and affinal relations in the tabhuazolya tale."

Language classification

• Boyd, Raymond. 1989. "Adamawa-Ubangi."
• Nurse, Derek and Irene Tucker. 2002. "A survey report for the Bantu languages."  
• Olson, Kenneth S. 1996. "On the comparison and classification of Banda dialects."

Language policy

• Hein, Vern. 1991. "Recommendations for standardization within the Logo dialect cluster."
• Wenger, Robin D. 1994. The structure and function of language committees in eastern Zaire.

Language programs

• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1996. "Participatory research in linguistics."

Language shift

• Bagamba, Bukpa Araali. 2007. A study of language shift in rural Africa: the Hema of the North-East of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Language surveys

• Boone, Douglas W. 1995. "Bangba survey report."
• Boone, Douglas W. 1995. "Bila survey report."
• Boone, Douglas W. 1995. "Lombi survey report."
• Boone, Douglas W. and Kenneth S. Olson. 1995. "Bua bloc survey report."
• Boone, Douglas W. and Kenneth S. Olson. 2004. "Bwa bloc survey report."  
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 1: Bira-Huku group of Bantu.
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 2: non-Bantu languages.
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 3: other Bantu languages.
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Bangubangu survey report."
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Bira survey report."
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Nyali survey report."
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Tembo survey report."
• de Wit-Hasselaar, Alida. 1995. "Ndaka / Mbo / Beeke survey report."
• de Wit-Hasselaar, Alie. 1995. "Vanuma survey report."
• Nurse, Derek and Irene Tucker. 2002. "A survey report for the Bantu languages."  

Language use

• Bagamba, Bukpa Araali. 2007. A study of language shift in rural Africa: the Hema of the North-East of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Languages in contact

• Bagamba, Bukpa Araali. 2007. A study of language shift in rural Africa: the Hema of the North-East of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Literacy

• Hill, Margaret. 1984. "Literacy programmes for large language groups."

Literacy methods

• Gfeller, Elisabeth. 1997. "Why should I learn to read? Motivations for literacy acquisition in a rural education programme."
• Hill, Margaret. 1985. "Chop up your literacy program and other suggestions."

Literacy programs

• Hill, Margaret. 1995. "Ngbaka adult literacy program in northwestern Zaire."
• Robson, Barbara, Rudy Klaas and Barbara Trudell. 1996. "A literacy program management training initiative in Eastern Africa."

Locationals

• McKee, Robert G. 1992. "‘Here’, ‘there’, ‘yonder’, and beyond with Meje aspect."

Management

• Robson, Barbara, Rudy Klaas and Barbara Trudell. 1996. "A literacy program management training initiative in Eastern Africa."

Morphology

• Olson, Kenneth S. 2001. The phonology and morphology of Mono.

Mother tongue language workers

• Hill, Margaret. 1999. "Assessment courses to choose mother-tongue translators."

Multilingualism

• Leitch, Myles. 2005. "Aspects of multilingualism in the Lingala zone of Congo."  

Narrative discourse

• Cullen, Wendy Ruth. 1999. Tense and aspect in Lubwisi narrative discourse.

Orthography

• Bamata-Subama and Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en langue Budu. 1997. Manuel d'orthographe Budu.
• Olson, Kenneth S. 2004. "Mono."
• Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en langue Lika. 2002. Manuel d'orthographe Lika.

Particles

• Morgan, David. 1994. "Semantic constraints on relevance in Lobala discourse."

Phonological descriptions

• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1994. Ngiti: a Central-Sudanic language of Zaire.
• Olson, Kenneth S. 2001. The phonology and morphology of Mono.
• Olson, Kenneth S. 2004. "Mono."
• Olson, Kenneth S. 2005. The phonology of Mono.  
• Olson, Kenneth S. and Brian E. Schrag. 2000. "An overview of Mono phonology."
• Thomas, John Paul. 1992. A morphophonology of Komo: non-tonal phenomena.

Primers

• Amɛ́hya nɛ́mangbɛtʉ 2; Syllabaire. n.d.. (Mangbetu)
• Amɛ́hya Nɛ́mangbɛtʉ!. 1987. (Mangbetu)
• Umulyango gukola muyigule. 1989. (Fuliiru)
• Yámbálá tɔlɔ mbɛti. 1987. (Ngbaka)

Project reports

• Henrix, P. Marcel. 1995. "An interconfessional translation project: a personal report."
• Hill, Margaret. 1995. "Some practical considerations for translating the Old Testament."
• Thomas, Elaine. 1995. "The revision of the Ngbaka New Testament."
• Thomas, Elaine. 1995. "The translation of the Ngbaka Bible."

Proverbs and maxims

• Emianyi y'echitembo, volume 1. 2005. (Tembo)

Readers

• Bbaledhà nǎ ngì. 1989. (Lendu)
• Bikó ba banga. 1995. (Lobala)
• Ebuindure bw'emarunga ma nyirakongo. 2006. (Tembo)
• Ebukene eshembo. 2006. (Tembo)
• Ebwira bwa w' enzo na wanguru. 2005. (Tembo)
• Ehwa lya nyókulu. 2004. (Tembo)
• Einga ly'emupunge. 2005. (Tembo)
• Elwaano lwa ndasomerwa. 2006. (Tembo)
• Embene y'enamiruwa. 2002. (Tembo)
• Emukasi na wakakiri. 2006. (Tembo)
• Emúkasi n'engórómólí. 2004. (Tembo)
• Emulimo w'echitembo aendekera. 2002. (Tembo)
• Emunyere musia-sia. 2005. (Tembo)
• Emutesi na wamushingi. 2004. (Tembo)
• Gba to mɛ a mbula. 1994. (Ngbaka)
• Habinwa bin'eta na habinwa bit'eta. 2005. (Tembo)
• Kòlóbórò ɨ wábúyo be. 2004. (Logo)
• Les animaux du Congo (Munukutuba - Beembe - Laari - Mbochi - Teke - Dibole - Bɛkwɛl - Lingala). 2002. (Beembe)
• Les animaux du Congo (Munukutuba - Beembe - Laari - Mbochi - Teke - Dibole - Bɛkwɛl - Lingala). 2002. (Bekwil)
• Les animaux du Congo (Munukutuba - Beembe - Laari - Mbochi - Teke - Dibole - Bɛkwɛl - Lingala). 2002. (Dibole)
• Les animaux du Congo (Munukutuba - Beembe - Laari - Mbochi - Teke - Dibole - Bɛkwɛl - Lingala). 2002. (Kilari)
• Les animaux du Congo (Munukutuba - Beembe - Laari - Mbochi - Teke - Dibole - Bɛkwɛl - Lingala). 2002. (Kituba)
• Les animaux du Congo (Munukutuba - Beembe - Laari - Mbochi - Teke - Dibole - Bɛkwɛl - Lingala). 2002. (Laari)
• Les animaux du Congo (Munukutuba - Beembe - Laari - Mbochi - Teke - Dibole - Bɛkwɛl - Lingala). 2002. (Mbosi)
• Les animaux du Congo (Munukutuba - Beembe - Laari - Mbochi - Teke - Dibole - Bɛkwɛl - Lingala). 2002. (Teke, Eboo)
• Les animaux du Congo (Munukutuba - Beembe - Laari - Mbochi - Teke - Dibole - Bɛkwɛl - Lingala). 2002. (Teke-Eboo)
• Mágándrahɛ bhu táo apɛ. 2004. (Mangbetu)
• Mbàlà, bakòngɔ œ́́dœ kɔ̀nɔ. 1995. (Mono)
• Mbɛti gba to. n.d. (Ngbaka)
• Mwani n' ebangumwa (récit du Roi et les vieillards). 2005. (Tembo)
• Náágbágí̵ ándrodhi. 2004. (Mangbetu)
• Náapwʉ. 2004. (Mangbetu)
• Nabutoore na namirimo (La fille gâtée et la fille travailleuse). 2006. (Tembo)
• Nánziyé. 2004. (Mangbetu)
• Nɔ́rɛ́yé balí. 2004. (Mangbetu)
• Ndruna ɔ̌ imbe 1, 2. 1995. (Ngiti)
• Nɛ́mándʉ́a. 2004. (Mangbetu)
• Nɛ́mbwʉma andrɔnga. 2004. (Mangbetu)
• Nókoyé. 2004. (Mangbetu)
• Nónzi i mʉ́pɛ Ɔsi̵kárɛ bhanɛ́. n.d.. (Mangbetu)
• Nóokiyé. 2004. (Mangbetu)
• Ròdó gàma. 2004. (Logo)
• Shandoyo-ndoyo na nandoyo-ndoyo. 2006. (Tembo)
• Ulukalango lwashaabulira ndaloozibwa inyumba. 2004. (Fuliiru)
• Ulushaagwa mu' Bafuliiru. 2004. (Fuliiru)
• Wabuli na wamukei. 2006. (Tembo)
• Wachikere-kere na wamota. 2004. (Tembo)
• Wachishengera na wamutereri (l'hyène et du renard). 2006. (Tembo)
• Wafulongo na wanguru. 2004. (Tembo)
• Walulaku na wamuhuhu. 2006. (Tembo)
• Wambene na wangoromoli (La chèvre et le lion). 2006. (Tembo)
• Wamota na wangaafu. 2004. (Tembo)
• Wamuliro na wangoromoli. 2004. (Tembo)
• Wamutereri na walwaasi (Monsieur le Renard et Monsieur le Coq). 2006. (Tembo)
• Wandai na wachikere-kere (la Perdrix et la Grenouille). 2006. (Tembo)
• Wángoko ná wandáí. 2004. (Tembo)
• Wangoromoli, wandokomu na walushamambwa. 2005. (Tembo)
• Wangunda na wabûsu. 2004. (Tembo)
• Wangunda na wakase-kase. 2006. (Tembo)

Reviews

• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1989. Review of: Dictionnaire logo-français suivi d’un index français-logo, by A. Vallaeys.

Semantics

• Bradley, Karen M. 1994. Profile and spectrum analysis of ‘li-’ and ‘ka-’ in Zairian Swahili narrative discourse.
• Nicolle, Steve. 2003. "Distal aspects in Bantu languages."

Social studies

• Dɛa to nwa ngɔ nu gɛ. 1994. (Ngbaka)
• Lɛnggɛnɔ zɛ́ dati. 1991. (Ngbaka)
• tɛ ngɔ nù gɛ. 1990. (Ngbaka)

Sociolinguistics

• Boone, Douglas W. 1995. "Bangba survey report."
• Boone, Douglas W. 1995. "Bila survey report."
• Boone, Douglas W. 1995. "Lombi survey report."
• Boone, Douglas W. and Kenneth S. Olson. 1995. "Bua bloc survey report."
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 1: Bira-Huku group of Bantu.
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 2: non-Bantu languages.
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 3: other Bantu languages.
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Bangubangu survey report."
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Bira survey report."
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Nyali survey report."
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Tembo survey report."
• de Wit-Hasselaar, Alida. 1995. "Ndaka / Mbo / Beeke survey report."
• de Wit-Hasselaar, Alie. 1995. "Vanuma survey report."
• Gfeller, Elisabeth. 1997. "Why should I learn to read? Motivations for literacy acquisition in a rural education programme."
• Kutsch Lojenga, C. 2006. "Congo, Democratic Republic of: language situation."

Suprasegmentals

• Morgan, David J. 1991. Vowel harmony, syllable structure and the causative extension in a Bantu language - Lobala: a government phonology account.
• Morgan, David. 1993. "Vowel harmony, syllable structure, and the causative extension in Lobala: a government phonology account."

Teacher's guides

• Bɔa mbɛti wi be mɔ. 1987. (Ngbaka)
• Buku na molakisi: mpo na kolakisa kelase na kotanga mpe kokoma na Logoti; Buku oyo ezali mpo na kosalisa molakisi kolakisa buku na kotanga (Bangala-Logoti): Mà kòna ngá, mà kòtɨsɨ̀ ngá doró Lògòti sè!. 2000. (Logo)
• Kuti mbɛti wi be mɔ. 1987. (Ngbaka)
• Mbɛti wi be mɔ 4. 1994. (Ngbaka)
• Mbɛti wi be mɔ 5. 1994. (Ngbaka)
• Talɛ mbɛti wi be mɔ. 1987. (Ngbaka)

Tense

• Cullen, Wendy Ruth. 1999. Tense and aspect in Lubwisi narrative discourse.

Tense/Aspect

• Bradley, Karen M. 1994. Profile and spectrum analysis of ‘li-’ and ‘ka-’ in Zairian Swahili narrative discourse.

Tone

• Black, Cheryl A. 1995. "Boundary tones on word-internal domains in Kinande."
• Kröger, Heidrun. 2003. "O tom nas línguas Bantu."
• Thomas, John P. 1992. "Tone in Komo."

Transition primers

• ʼAkòzø Bbaledhà bblŏ 1, 2. 1989. (Lendu)
• Amáábhɔ Nɛ́mangbɛtʉ. 1990. (Mangbetu)
• Bhá kàlàkɨ́ àzɨnɨ bhá kàsɨ̀kí̵ òmíti ba. 2007. (Omi)
• Buku mpo na koyekola kotanga mpe kokɔma Ngbaka. 1981. (Ngbaka)
• Buku na molakisi: mpo na kolakisa kelase na kotanga mpe kokoma na Logoti; Buku oyo ezali mpo na kosalisa molakisi kolakisa buku na kotanga (Bangala-Logoti): Mà kòna ngá, mà kòtɨsɨ̀ ngá doró Lògòti sè!. 2000. (Logo)
• Guide d’ecriture ngbaka. 1994. (Ngbaka)
• Kɔ̀zù Ndruna mbeyi 1, 2, 3. 1993. (Ngiti)
• Kotanga mpe kokoma Lobala. [1993]. (Lobala)
• Les premiers pas en français. 1990. (Ngbaka)
• Mà kònà ngá, mà kòtɨsɨ ngá dóro Lògòti sè! (Lisons et écrivons bien en logoti!). 2000. (Logo)
• Ní̵ ye madyɵgɵ ne natatanga. 2003. (Mayogo)
• Tanga ka kikomo. 1994. (Komo)

Translation

• Henrix, P. Marcel. 1995. "An interconfessional translation project: a personal report."
• Hill, Margaret. 1995. "Some practical considerations for translating the Old Testament."
• Hill, Margaret. 1999. "Assessment courses to choose mother-tongue translators."
• Sawers, E. William. 2004. Contextualising the Gospel: a study comparing examples from the apostolic preaching in Acts and from the church in Central Africa.
• Van Otterloo, Roger. 1988. "Towards an understanding of ‘lo’ and ‘behold’ functions of idoú and idɛ in the Greek New Testament."

Verbs

• Wright, Douglas. 1995. The verbal system of Logo (Logoti).

Vowel harmony

• Koehler, Loren Scott. 1995. An underspecification approach to Budu vowel harmony.
• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1992. "Vowel harmony in Alur: On the crossroads of two systems."
• Leitch, Myles Francis. 1996. Vowel harmonies of the Congo Basin: An Optimality Theory analysis of variation in the Bantu zone C.
• Morgan, David J. 1991. Vowel harmony, syllable structure and the causative extension in a Bantu language - Lobala: a government phonology account.

Vowels

• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1989. "The secret behind vowelless syllables in Lendu."
• McCord, Michael S. 1989. Acoustical and autosegmental analyses of the Mayogo vowel system.

Word lists

• Boone, Douglas W. 1995. "Bangba survey report."
• Boone, Douglas W. 1995. "Lombi survey report."
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 1: Bira-Huku group of Bantu.
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 2: non-Bantu languages.
• de Wit, Gert, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 3: other Bantu languages.
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Bangubangu survey report."
• de Wit, Gert. 1995. "Tembo survey report."
• de Wit-Hasselaar, Alida. 1995. "Bira - Huku wordlists."
• Tembenekuzu, Kilio and others. 2009. Mono 2000-item digital wordlist: Archival form.

Workbooks

• Français tɔa 6. 1994. (Ngbaka)