Kongo languages

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Kongo
Kikongo
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Language codes
Glottologkiko1235
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File:LanguageMap-Kikongo-Kituba.png
Map of the area where Kongo and Kituba as the lingua franca are spoken.

The Kongo languages are a clade of Bantu languages, coded Zone H.10 in Guthrie's classification, that are spoken by the Bakongo:

Beembe (Pangwa, Doondo, Kamba, Gangala), Ndingi, Kunyi, Mboka, Kongo, Western Kongo, Laari (Laadi), Vili, Yombe, Suundi

Languages

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Glottolog, based on Koen Bostoen (2018, 2019),[1][2][3] classifies two dozen languages of the Kongo language cluster as follows:


These are closest to Mbuun, Ngongo and Nsong-Mpiin.[4]

References

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