Kongo language
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Kongo Kikongo |
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Spoken in: | Angola Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo |
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Region: | Central Africa | |
Total speakers: | 7 million | |
Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Narrow Bantu Central H Kongo |
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Official status | ||
Official language of: | Angola Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo |
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Regulated by: | no official regulation | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | kg | |
ISO 639-2: | kon | |
ISO 639-3: | kon | |
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Kikongo or Kongo is the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo and Bandundu people in the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Angola.