English words from Lingala
- basenjiA hunting dog (for aiding human hunters) of a particular African breed.
- LingalaA Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic.
- likembeA musical instrument found in sub-Saharan Africa; a kind of lamellophone.
- mokele-mbembeA large water-dwelling cryptid described in legends of the Congo River basin.
- nzimbuThe shell of Olivella nana, used as currency.