The game that finally makes sense of the Lingala you already understand.
Decode sentences by deduction, one letter at a time. Every sentence you solve comes with its translation, its pronunciation and its story.
mokili ezalí mbánga ya ntaba
“The world is like a goat’s jaw.”
How it works
The numbers
Every letter of the sentence becomes a number. The message is there, hidden under the digits.
The deduction
You spot the repeats, the short words, the patterns. Every number you find reveals another.
The reveal
The sentence appears. With it, its translation, its pronunciation and its story.
What you actually learn
The game is the sugar. Underneath it lies a real way of learning.
mokili ezalí mbánga ya ntaba
“The world is like a goat’s jaw.”
Cultural context: fortune turns the way a grinding jaw does, so this is no time to mock whoever is down.
You understand without speaking.
The Lingala of your parents, of your grandparents, of the music played at home. You already understand it. Langila helps you speak it.
The chapters ahead
A glimpse of what is waiting for you.
Proverbs
Wisdom packed into a single sentence.
Coming soonThe streets of Kinshasa
The language as it is heard outside.
Coming soonFamily
The words used at home.
Coming soonMeals
Sitting down to eat, in Lingala.
Coming soonGetting around
Finding your way, asking for directions.
Coming soonWork
The vocabulary of working life.
Coming soon