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Kongo Languages
The Kongo languages are a clade of Bantu languages, coded Zone H.10 in Guthrie's classification, that are spoken by the Bakongo: : Bembe language (Kibembe), Beembe (Pangwa, Doondo, Kamba, Gangala), Ndingi language, Ndingi, Kunyi language, Kunyi, Mboka language, Mboka, Kongo language, Kongo, 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" ****Bembe language (Kibembe), Beembe ****Kambakunyic Kikongo *****Kamba-Kunyi: Kaamba language, Kaamba, Kunyi language, Kunyi *****Kilaadic Kikongo ******Nuclear Northern Kikongo: Doondo language, Doondo, Laari language, Laari, Suundi language, Suund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vili Language
Vili (''Civili'') is one of the Zone H Bantu languages, grouped with the Kongo clade. The language has a few thousand native speakers spread along the coast between southern Gabon and Cabinda, most of them in the Republic of the Congo's Kouilou, Pointe-Noire and Niari departments. The Vili people (singular ''Muvili'', plural ''Bavili'') were the population of the 17th- to 18th-century Kingdom of Loango The Kingdom of Loango (also ''Luangu'', ''Luaangu'', ''Lwaangu'', ''Lwangu'', ''Luango'', ''Lwango'', ''Luaango'' or ''Lwaango'' Iko Kabwita Kabolo, ''Le royaume Kongo et la mission catholique 1750-1838'', KARTHALA Editions, 2004, p. 303-313) w ... in the same region. Phonology Consonants Consonants may also be labialized �when preceding /w/. Vowels References External links Viliat WolframAlpha Languages of the Republic of the Congo Languages of Gabon Kongo language {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Salvador Kongo Language
Kongo or Kikongo is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Angola. It is a tonal language. The vast majority of present-day speakers live in Africa. There are roughly seven million native speakers of Kongo in the above-named countries. An estimated five million more speakers use it as a second language. Historically, it was spoken by many of those Africans who for centuries were taken captive, transported across the Atlantic, and sold as slaves in the Americas. For this reason, creolized forms of the language are found in ritual speech of Afro-American religions, especially in Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Suriname. It is also one of the sources of the Gullah language, which formed in the Low Country and Sea Islands of the United States Southeast. The Palenquero creole in Colombia is also related to Kong creole. Geographic distribution Kongo w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kituba Language
Kituba (, ) is a widely used lingua franca in Central Africa. It is a creole language based on Kikongo, a Bantu language. It is a national language in Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Names 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", and is used in the Republic's 1992 constitution. The latter (''Kituba'') means "way of speaking" and is used in the 2015 constitution. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo it is called ''Kikongo ya leta'' ("the state's Kikongo" or "Government Kikongo"), or Kikongo de l'État, shortened to ''Kileta''. Confusingly, it is also called ''Kikongo'', especially in areas that lack Kongo (Kikongo) speakers, namely the Kwango and Kwilu Provinces. The constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo lists "Kikongo" as one of the national languages. The Kikongo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungu-Pombo Language
Holo is a Bantu language of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t .... Yeci, Samba or Hungu may be separate languages. References Pende languages {{DRCongo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Kikongo Language
Kongo or Kikongo is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Angola. It is a tonal language. The vast majority of present-day speakers live in Africa. There are roughly seven million native speakers of Kongo in the above-named countries. An estimated five million more speakers use it as a second language. Historically, it was spoken by many of those Africans who for centuries were taken captive, transported across the Atlantic, and sold as slaves in the Americas. For this reason, creolized forms of the language are found in ritual speech of Afro-American religions, especially in Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Suriname. It is also one of the sources of the Gullah language, which formed in the Low Country and Sea Islands of the United States Southeast. The Palenquero creole in Colombia is also related to Kong creole. Geographic distribution Kongo w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doondo Language
Bembe (Kibeembe) is a Bantu language of Congo-Brazzaville The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central .... It is closely related to Kikongo. Maho (2009) considers Beembe, Kamba-Doondo, and Gangala (or Hangala, Gaangala, Haangala) to be distinct languages. It should not be confused with the Bembe language (Ibembe) spoken in Congo-Kinshasa and Tanzania. References External linksThe Noun Phrase in Kibembe (D54) Kongo language {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suku Language
Suku is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t .... There is some debate about its classification. Nurse & Philippson (2003) accept its traditional classification in the Yaka branch of Bantu. References {{Authority control Yaka languages Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samba Language
Holo is a Bantu language of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t .... Yeci, Samba or Hungu may be separate languages. References Pende languages {{DRCongo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
