The Kongo language or Kikongo is the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo and Bandundu people living in the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo the Republic of the Congo and Angola. It is a tonal language and formed the base for Kituba a Bantu creole and lingua franca throughout much of west central Africa. It was spoken by many of those who were taken from the region and sold as slaves in the Americas.
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ISO 639-1 code
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ISO 639-2 code
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ISO 639-3 code
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family
Bantu languages, Benue–Congo languages, Atlantic–Congo languages, Southern Bantoid languages
spoken in
Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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