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Four other languages, all of them Bantu based, have the status of national language: Kikongo-Kituba, Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba. 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. [contradictory] [3]
Spoken in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda; Alutiiq – Sugt’stun, Alutiit’stun Official language of: Alaska, United States; Alyutor – nəməlʔu Spoken in: Chukotka Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka Krai, Russia; Amdang – Sìmí Amdangtí Spoken in: the Wadi Fira Region, Chad; American Sign Language – Sign Language
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.) Some countries have more than one language with this ...
This language is used by 50.35% of the Congolese population who live along the Congo-Océan railway line which connects Brazzaville to Pointe-Noire in the south of the country. Lingala, the river language, is the language of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso, and is spoken mainly in the north and east of the country. This is the language which has ...
Pages in category "Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 163 pages are in this category, out of 163 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Each English name is followed by its most common equivalents in other languages, listed in English alphabetical order (ignoring accents) by name and by language. Historical and/or alternative versions, where included, are noted as such. Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents are also listed.
The five major languages in the DRC are French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca, or trade language), Swahili (more specifically Congo Swahili such as the Kingwana dialect), Kikongo ya leta or Kituba (a Kikongo-based creole language), and Tshiluba or Luba-Kasai. In total, there are over 200 languages spoken in the DRC.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Languages of the Republic of the Congo" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 ...