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Kamanakao Association - Non-governmental organization preserving the Shiyeyi language of Wayeyi people of northern Botswana.
Lingala - A brief description of Lingala.
Lingala - A description of Lingala, including phonology, grammar and writing system.
Contact Languages in the Bantu Area - A paper on African-based pidgins and creoles.
Lingala Language Page - Handbook of African Language Resources (ASC)(MSU) - Brief information on the Lingala language.
Sango Language Page - Handbook of African Language Resources (ASC)(MSU) - This page has information and facts on the Sango languages, such as where it is spoken, and by whom.
Kongo (Kituba) Language Page - Handbook of African Language Resources (ASC)(MSU) - This page has information and facts on the Kongo (Kituba) language, such as where it is spoken, and by whom.
Variation and Gender in Urban Sango - A brief description of Sango is given.
Lingala - Lingala numbers are given as audio. A brief description of the social situation of Lingala is given. The author argues that Lingala is not a creole.
Introductory Shona Language - Introduction to the language which is spoken in Zimbabwe, as well as links to other Shona-related sites.

Niger-Kordofanian languages - The Niger-Kordofanian language family was proposed by Joseph Greenberg in his 1963 book Languages of Africa, originally under the name 'Congo-Kordofanian'. It was the consequence of the addition of Kordofanian as a branch coordinate to the previously established Niger-Congo family.
Kordofanian languages - Several Kordofanian languages are spoken in the Nuba hills of Kordofan, in Sudan. In 1963 they were grouped together with the Niger-Congo languages by Joseph Greenberg, forming the Niger-Kordofanian languages.
Atlantic-Congo languages - In the classification of African languages, Atlantic-Congo is an early branch of the Niger-Congo phylum. Atlantic-Congo comprises the Atlantic languages and all other Niger-Congo branches except Mande and Kordofanian, which are believed to have split off even earlier than Atlantic.
Cilungu - Cilungu is a Bantu language of the Niger-Kordofanian family spoken in the northeastern portion of the Northern province, south of Lake Tanganyika, in Zambia, and on the southeast shore of Lake Rukwa in Tanzania. According to Ethnologue there are 262,800 speakers of “Lungu/Mambwe” in Zambia and another 34,000 Cilungu speakers in ...