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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]
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]
In 1483, south of the Congo river they found the Kongo people and the Kingdom of Kongo, which had a centralized government, a currency called nzimbu, and markets, ready for trading relations. [26] The Portuguese found well developed transport infrastructure inlands from the Kongo people's Atlantic port settlement.
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] The constitution of the Republic of the Congo uses the name Kituba, [5] and Democratic Republic of the Congo uses the term Kikongo. [6]
Congo is located in the central-western part of sub-Saharan Africa, along the Equator. To the south and east of it is the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is bounded by Gabon to the west, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the north, and Cabinda (Angola) to the southwest. It has a coast on the Atlantic Ocean.
Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group who live along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo) to Luanda, Angola, primarily defined by speaking of the common language Kikongo Kongo language , the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo and Bandundu people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the ...
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.
Languages of the Congo may refer to: Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Languages of the Republic of the Congo This page was last edited on 29 ...