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Reference works that feed the dictionary and the Longoka library.

Laman, Bentley, Sungu Banzuzi and Fu-Kiau: authors and titles at the heart of Lexikongo.

Why this page?

Lexikongo builds on recognized works of linguistics and Kongo culture. This page lists them for bibliographic transparency.

Karl Edvard Laman

Swedish missionary and linguist; author of the reference Kikongo–French dictionary and contributor to the Kikongo biblical corpus.

  • Kikongo–French dictionary

    Kikongo–French dictionary published in Uppsala.

    1936

    Reference Kikongo–French dictionary used to enrich the lexicon.

  • Kikongo Bible

    Kikongo biblical translation linked to the Swedish mission corpus (Laman).

    Reference for religious language and biblical lexical usage.

William Holman Bentley

British Baptist missionary; author of the Appendix to the Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language (1887), a lexicographic and grammatical work that predates Laman’s dictionary.

  • Appendix to the Dictionary and Grammar of the Kongo Language

    Lexicographic and grammatical appendix for Kikongo.

    1887

    1887 work that predates Laman’s dictionary (1936); an independent source used by Lexikongo.

Sungu Banzuzi

Author of the etymological work on the Koongo language group, available in the Longoka library.

  • Racines étymologiques du groupe linguistique Koongo

    Lumière sur une langue mère révélée.

    Etymological reference for Koongo thought and culture; available via Longoka.

    View in the Longoka library

Andele Fu-Kiau kia Bunseki-lumanisa

Kongo thinker and author; essay on the Mukongo and its relationship to the world, Kikongo title N’kongo ye nza yakun’zungidila.

  • Le Mukongo et le monde qui l’entourait

    N’kongo ye nza yakun’zungidila

    Essay on Kongo civilization and its worldview.

    Cultural and philosophical reference for understanding Kongo lexicon and concepts.