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Kongo or Kikongo is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Angola. It is a tonal language. The vast majority of present-day speakers live in Africa.
The Kongo people ( Kongo: Bisi Kongo, EsiKongo, singular: Musi Kongo; also Bakongo, singular: Mukongo or M'kongo) [3] [4] are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of Kikongo. [5] Subgroups include the Beembe, Bwende, Vili, Sundi, Yombe, Dondo, Lari, and others. [6]
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Kongo is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, and Angola. The people who speak Kongo are known as Bakongo. In the DRC there are about 8 million speakers of Kongo, including 3 million native speakers.
Mar 20, 2024 · The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a multilingual country where an estimated total of 242 languages are spoken. The official language is French. Four indigenous languages have the status of national language: Kituba (called "Kikongo"), Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba.
Kakongo was a small kingdom located on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, in the modern-day Republic of the Congo and Cabinda Province, Angola. Along with its neighboring kingdoms of Ngoyo and Loango, Kakongo became an important political commercial center during the 17th through 19th centuries.
The Kongo language, also known as Kikongo, is one of Bantu languages spoken by approximately 9 million people mainly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Angola. Speakers of the Knogo language are known as the Kongo and Ndundu people.
