Aux sources du lingála: Cas du mbenga de mankanza – nouvel anvers-gctid87081

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AUX SOURCES DU LINGÁLA: CAS DU MBENGA DE MANKANZA – NOUVEL ANVERS
André MOTINGEA Mangulu
Université Pédagogique Nationale de Kinshasa
BONZOI Mwamakasa
Institut Superieur Pédagogique de Mbandaka

ABSTRACT
This study deals with the language of the Mbenga, a small tribe dwelling in the hinterland of the former State Station of New Antwerpen (Mankanza). The aim is to revisit the quest of the origin of Lingala by taking as a starting point one of the languages of the supposed area of its emergence. This study also provides a good quantity of materials on Mbenga itself, which to- day may be consedered as an endangered language or almost an extinct language. The conclusion is that the past of Lingala is still a matter of future research. Its vocabulary, phonology and gram- mar are not linked to a single language, but to several languages located in the upper and lower Ubangi, in Lake Tumba and Lake Inongo area, in the lower Lualaba and Lomame, and in the Wele Plateau. This suggests that Lingala is a very ancient lingua franca as it was already pointed by Meeussen (980: 598). The origin and the development of Lingala appear therefore as a very im- portant phenomenon not only from the point of view of bantu and general linguistics but also as a real bridge for the understanding of precolonial history of the Congo basin as a whole.

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