Adolphe Dzokanga

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Adolphe Dzokanga (* 1942 in Makotipoko ; † August 1998 near Paris) was a Congolese linguist and pioneer in the research and dissemination of the Lingala language .

Youth and education

Adolphe Dzokanga was born in 1942 in Makotipoko , on the banks of the Congo . He is descended from the Moye , who belong to the Bangala ethnic group and are traditionally fishermen. He studied Lingála , Bobangi , French and Latin with missionaries in Bolobo , then at the Ipoto Teachers' College in Zaire . He then continued his studies in France and did his doctorate at INALCO in Paris. Dzokanga died in August 1998 in the greater Paris region.

Career

Adolphe Dzokanga helped promote the lingala, which he taught at the Sorbonne and at the National Institute for Oriental Languages ​​and Civilizations (INALCO). He wrote reference books for teaching and teaching the language (dictionaries, handbooks) and translated important texts, including the Declaration of Human Rights .

He was also a journalist for the Voice of the Congolese Revolution and professor at the Université Marien-Ngouabi in Brazzaville

He participated in the etymological research to determine the origin of Lingala, which he described as the original language of the Bangàla ethnic group, and probably coming from the Bobangi. Adolphe Dzokanga remained cautious about the origin of the language

Works

author

  • Dictionnaire Sémantique illustré Français-Lingala (2 vol.)
  • Grammaire pratique du Lingala
  • Nouveau dictionnaire illustré Lingala-Français
  • Parler quotidien de Lingala
  • Declaration universelle des droits de l'homme, cassette audio, Français - Lingala
  • La dette de l'Etat au Congo Belgium
  • Adaptation de la langue lingala au contact socio-économique contemporain: nouveau dictionnaire sémantique français-lingala illustré de dessins et grammaire pratique du lingala (thèse de doctorat en lettres et sciences humaines soutenue en 1988 à l'Inalco)
  • Vocabulaire Lingala-Français

Scientific publications

  • Chansons et proverbes Lingala
  • Proverbes, chansons et contes Lingala

Translations

  • Mateya ma politique na lingala - Initiation à la politique en lingala
  • Declaration universelle des droits de l'homme - texts + audio cassette

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ «Professeur Dzokanga» on editions-dzokanga.com (consulted on May 21, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b Adolphe Dzokanga, "Adaptation de la langue lingala au contact socio-économique contemporain: nouveau dictionnaire sémantique français-lingala illustré de dessins et grammaire pratique du lingala", Thèse, Paris, INALCO, January 1st, 1988. online at theseses / 1988INAL0002 (consulted May 21, 2019)
  3. ↑ afrik.com/les-editions-dzokanga-mettent-le-lingala-al-honor Hanan Ben Rhouma, "Les Editions Dzokanga mettent le lingala à l'honneur", on Afrik.com, 25 June 2008 (consulté le 21 May 2019)
  4. ↑ bnf.fr/de/12118235/adolphe_dzokanga "Adolphe Dzokanga (1942-1998)", sur data.bnf.fr (consulté le May 21, 2019)
  5. ↑ Nzoimbengene Fuadingani, Philippe, “Le lingála entre hier et aujourd'hui: les méandres de l'histoire”, Congo-Afrique: économie, culture, vie sociale, 2013
  6. ↑ "Afrique Centrale: Le lingala tire son origine de la langue Bobangi", sur All Africa, 10 June 2007 (consulté on 21 May 2019)
  7. ↑ a b Dzokanga, Adolphe 1942 .
  8. ↑ A. Dzokanga, Anne Behaghel: Chansons et proverbes Lingala . Ed .: Conseil international de la langue française: Edicef. 1978, ISBN 978-2-85319-042-8 (French, google.fr [accessed May 21, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Adolphe Dzokanga .
personal data
SURNAME Dzokanga, Adolphe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese linguist and dictionary editor on Lingala
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Makotipoko
DATE OF DEATH August 1998
Place of death near Paris