based on Kikongo, a Bantu language. It is a national language in Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kituba is known by many names...

official language of the Republic of Congo is French. Other languages are mainly Bantu languages, and the two national languages in the country are Kituba and...

in the provinces of Bas-Congo (which is inhabited by the Bakongo), Kwango, and Kwilu. Kituba has become a vehicular language in many urban centres including...

of the Congo, and Gabon. Kikongo is the base for the Creole language Kituba, also called Kikongo de l'État and Kikongo ya Leta (French and Kituba, respectively...

the Congo "Kikongo" here is actually referring to the Kituba language – which is known as Kikongo ya leta by its speakers – not the Kongo language proper...

Kituba may refer to: Kitbua (genus), a genus Kituba language, a creole language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the...

The Republic of the Congo is a country located on the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo River. It is bordered to the west by Gabon...

of French extraction. French was the official language, but other recognized languages included Kituba and Lingala. Most of the population was centered...

Lingála) is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals...

Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville in the south where Kituba (a creole language based on Kikongo) is the primary language. Lingala is influential in the sparsely inhabited...