Kituba language (Congo (Brazzaville))

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Name (Hebrew)
שפת קיטובה (קונגו (ברזוויל))
Name (Latin)
Kituba language (Congo (Brazzaville))
Name (Arabic)
لغة كيتوبا (الكونغو (برازافيل))
Other forms of name
Kikoongo language (Kituba (Congo (Brazzaville)))
Munukutuba language
See Also From tracing topical name
Kongo language
See Also From tracing place name
Congo (Brazzaville)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q35746
Library of congress: sh2010000572
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Dictionnaire Kituba (Munukutuba) - Fran(cedille)cais, 2007:p. xiii (includes dialectal variations for following regions: Pool, Lekoumou, Bouenza, Niari & Kouilou)
  • Ethnologue 2009(Kituba; a language of Congo, mainly between Brazzaville and Point-Noire; iso code: mkw; population: 1,156,800; alternate names: Kikoongo, Munukutuba; close to Kituba of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Creole, Kongo based; one of the two national languages of Congo.)

Wikipedia description:

Kituba (endonyms: Kituba, Kikongo ya leta) 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.

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