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Democratic Republic of the Congo is a Francophone country, where, as of 2024, 55.393 million (50.69%) out of 109.276 million people speak French [2] and 74% report using French as a lingua franca. [3] In 2024 there were over 12 million native French speakers, or around 12% of the population. [4]
These are now parts of the DRC (Kongo Central and Bandundu), the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon. Kikongo is the base for the Creole language Kituba, also called Kikongo de l'État and Kikongo ya Leta (French and Kituba, respectively, for "Kikongo of the state administration" or "Kikongo of the State"). [4]
Republic of Congo is a Francophone country, and in 2024, French is spoken by 3,89 million people out of 6,33 million (61.4 %). [2] A 2006 study found that French was spoken by 30% of the Congolese population. [3] According to a study by Omar Massoumou, 88% of those in Brazzaville aged over 15 could write simple phrases in French. [4]
Kituba is known by many names among its speakers. In academic circles the language is called Kikongo-Kituba. In the Republic of the Congo it is called Munukutuba, a phrase which means literally "I say", [4] and is used in the Republic's 1992 constitution. [5] The latter (Kituba) means "way of speaking" [6]: 213 and is used in the 2015 ...
This category contains articles about languages spoken in The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Lingala (or Ngala, Lingala: Lingála) is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree as a trade language or because of emigration in neighbouring Angola or Central African Republic.
The Bambuti population totals about 30,000 to 40,000 people. [1] Many Batwa in various parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) also call themselves Bambuti. [2] There are three distinct subgroups: [3] The Sua (also Kango, or Mbuti), who speak a dialect (or perhaps two) of the language of a neighboring Bantu people, Bila. They are ...
However, people generally speak the regular Tshiluba language in their daily lives, rather than pidgin. The failure of the language to be taught at school has resulted in the replacement of native words by French words for the most part. For instance, people speaking generally count in French, rather than Tshiluba.