Kikongo aka Kongo | |
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Kikongo | |
Native to | Ancient Kingdom of Kongo prior to the creation of Angola by the Portuguese Crown in 1575 and the Berlin Conference (1884-1885) that balkanized the rest of the Kingdom of Kongo into three territories that are now parts of the DRC (Kongo Central and Bandundu), Angola, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon. |
Ethnicity | "Bisi Kongo" (plural) and "Mwisi Kongo" (singular) prior to the Berlin Conference and then "Bakongo" (pl.) and "Mukongo" (sing.) after that;[1] thus we have Bakongo from Angola, the DRC, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon. |
Native speakers | (c. 6.5 million cited 1982–2012)[3] 5 million L2 speakers in DRC (perhaps Kituba) |
Niger–Congo?
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Latin, Mandombe | |
Official status | |
Official language in | National language and unofficial language: ![]() Non-national language and non-official language: ![]() ![]() |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | kg |
ISO 639-2 | kon |
ISO 639-3 | kon – inclusive codeIndividual codes: kng – Koongoldi – Laarikwy – San Salvador Kongo (South)yom – Yombe[2] |
Glottolog | core1256 Core Kikongo; incl. Kituba & ex-Kongo varietiesyomb1244 Yombe |
H.14–16 [4] | |
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