Kikongo

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Bantu language natural language

Kikongo is a Bantu language widely spoken in Central Africa, particularly in the western regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring countries.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Kongo languages 2
Bakongo 1
Kikongo language 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus recognized national language in Angola (regional) ⓘ
recognized national language in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
recognized national language in the Republic of the Congo ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Kikongo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bakongo
glottologCode kiko1239 ⓘ
hasCreole Kituba ⓘ
hasDialect Kiyombe ⓘ
surface form: Kibembe

Kikamba-Doondo ⓘ
Kikongo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kikongo ya leta

Kikongo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kisikongo

Kisolongo ⓘ
Kivili ⓘ
Kivili ⓘ
surface form: Kiwoyo

Kiyombe ⓘ
Kizombo ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
subject-verb-object basic word order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
influenced Kituba ⓘ
iso639-1Code kg ⓘ
iso639-2Code kon ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu ⓘ
languageGroup Kikongo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kongo languages
macrolanguageOf Kongo language varieties ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Lingala ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili

Tshiluba ⓘ
region Angola ⓘ
Cabinda ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
southwestern Gabon ⓘ
western Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptStandardization Latin-based orthographies promoted by colonial and missionary institutions ⓘ
spokenIn Angola ⓘ
Cabinda ⓘ
surface form: Cabinda Province

Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Gabon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamily West Bantu ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca ⓘ
usedIn Christian religious practice ⓘ
Roman Catholic liturgy ⓘ
interethnic communication ⓘ
trade ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kituba → alsoKnownAs → Kikongo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kikongo ya Leta
Kimbundu → closelyRelatedTo → Kikongo ⓘ
Kituba → closelyRelatedTo → Kikongo ⓘ
Kituba → derivedFrom → Kikongo ⓘ
Kikongo → ethnolinguisticGroup → Kikongo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bakongo
Kikongo → hasDialect → Kikongo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kikongo ya leta
Kikongo → hasDialect → Kikongo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kisikongo
this entity surface form: Kongo languages
this entity surface form: Kongo language
Kikongo → languageGroup → Kikongo self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongo languages
Angola → nationalLanguage → Kikongo ⓘ
Tshiluba → neighboringLanguage → Kikongo ⓘ
Sranan → substrateLanguage → Kikongo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kikongo language