The Kongo languages are a clade of

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. The t ...

s, coded Zone H.10 in Guthrie's classification, that are spoken by the

Bakongo The Kongo people ( kg, Bisi Kongo, , singular: ; also , singular: ) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of Kikongo. Subgroups include the Beembe, Bwende, Vili, Sundi, Yombe, Dondo, Lari, and others. They have lived ...

: : Beembe (Pangwa, Doondo, Kamba, Hangala), Ndingi, Kunyi, Mboka,

Kongo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...

, Western Kongo, Laari language, Laari (Laadi), Vili language, Vili, Yombe language, Yombe, Suundi language, Suundi

Languages

''Glottolog'', based on Koen Bostoen (2018, 2019), classifies two dozen languages of the Kongo language cluster as follows: *Kikongo language cluster **Hungan-Samba: Hungan language, Hungan, Samba language, Samba **Nuclear cluster ***Yaka-Suku: Suku language, Suku, Yaka-Pelende-Lonzo language, Yaka-Pelende-Lonzo ***"Kikongoic" **** Beembe ****Kambakunyic Kikongo *****Kamba-Kunyi: Kaamba language, Kaamba, Kunyi *****Kilaadic Kikongo ******Nuclear Northern Kikongo: Doondo language, Doondo, Laari language, Laari, Suundi language, Suundi ******Central-Southern Kikongo *******Southeastern Kikongo ********Eastern Kikongo language, Eastern Kikongo ********Southern Kikongo: Hungu-Pombo language, Hungu-Pombo, Koongo-Kituba (Congo Kituba language, Kituba, DRC Kituba language, Kituba, South-Central Koongo language, Koongo) *******West Kikongo ********San Salvador Kongo language, San Salvador Kongo ********Yombe language, Yombe ********Vilic *********Vili language, Vili *********Lumbuic **********Lumbu language, Lumbu, Bwisi language, Bwisi **********Ngubi language, Ngubi; Punu language, Punu - Vumbu language, Vumbu (Vungu), Sangu language (Gabon), Sangu - Sira language, Sira - Barama language, Barama These are closest to Mbuun language, Mbuun, Ngongo language, Ngongo and Nsong-Mpiin language, Nsong-Mpiin.

References

Kongo language, {{Bantu-lang-stub