Kongo languages

E853705
Bantu language group language continuum

Kongo languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and the Republic of the Congo, known for including the widely used Kikongo.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kikongo dialect continuum 1
Kongo language cluster 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group ⓘ
language continuum ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligibleToDegree yes ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Teke languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yaka languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottologCode kong1295 ⓘ
guthrieClassification H10 ⓘ
hasMember Bwende NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kamba-Doondo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kikongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kikongo ya leta ⓘ
Kongo-Kituba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kongo-Sanza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kunyi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sundi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vili NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStandardizedVariety Kikongo ya leta ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Kingdom of Kongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
iso639_5Code kng ⓘ
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageGroup Southern Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSubbranch Benue–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
lexicalSimilarityWithinGroup high ⓘ
majorLanguageVariety Kikongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kongo-Kituba NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfHighConcentration Lower Congo region NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cabinda Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gabon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
usedAs lingua franca in northern Angola ⓘ
lingua franca in western DR Congo ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Bakongo NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn Christian liturgy in Kongo region ⓘ
local administration in parts of DR Congo ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Teke languages → relatedTo → Kongo languages ⓘ
Kizombo → isSubvarietyOf → Kongo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kongo language cluster
Kikamba-Doondo → belongsTo → Kongo languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kikongo dialect continuum