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...

(Kituba: Kituba, 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...

Kikongo is a genus of sub-Saharan African ground spiders first described by B. V. B. Rodrigues and C. A. Rheims in 2020. As of December 2021[update] it...

M'kongo) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of Kikongo. Subgroups include the Beembe, Bwende, Vili, Sundi, Yombe, Dondo, Lari...

constitution says Kikongo is one of the national languages, but in fact it is a Kikongo-based creole, Kituba (Kikongo ya Leta "Kikongo of the government"...

known in several unrelated languages around the world, such as Japanese, Kikongo, Oromo, and Turkic. Ayana (あやな, アヤナ) is a feminine Japanese given name...

16th century. The word Kongo comes from the Kongo language (also called Kikongo). According to American writer Samuel Henry Nelson: "It is probable that...

tandis que le Kikongo est principalement utilisé chez les vieilles personnes. [Lingala is used extensively among children and youth, while Kikongo is used primarily...

Kilaadic Kikongo Nuclear Northern Kikongo: Doondo, Laari, Suundi Central-Southern Kikongo Southeastern Kikongo Eastern Kikongo Southern Kikongo: Hungu-Pombo...

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

and adjacent provinces. Kikongo is spoken in the northwest, including the exclave of Cabinda. About 8.24% of Angolans use Kikongo. Fiote is spoken by about...

sometimes called Zaire in Portuguese, which in turn was derived from the Kikongo word nzere or nzadi ('river that swallows all rivers'). The use of Congo...

originates from the Kingdom of Kongo, the hegemonic state of a number of other Kikongo-speaking kingdoms that flourished in and after the 14th century. The Kingdom...

the world around them. Some believe the word simbi derives from simba, a Kikongo word that means "to hold, keep, preserve." The similar phrase, isimba ia...

of Kongo) set out to render European Christian religious concepts into Kikongo and they chose this name to represent God. Jesuit missionaries in the 1540s...

creole language spoken in Colombia. It is believed to be a mixture of Kikongo (a language spoken in central Africa in the current countries of Congo...

French) Kituba (or Munukutuba) is a Kikongo-based creole, understandable by the users of different dialects of Kikongo. This language is used by 50.35% of...

ma- meaning 'many' and -rimba meaning 'xylophone'. The term is akin to Kikongo and Swahili marimba or malimba. Instruments like the marimba are present...

Kwilu Province du Kwilu (French) Kizunga Kikwit (Kikongo) Province Province du Kwilu Seal Coordinates: 5°2′S 18°49′E / 5.033°S 18.817°E / -5.033; 18...

intended for writing African languages such as Kikongo, as well as the four national languages of the Congo, Kikongo ya leta, Lingala, Tshiluba and Swahili,...

with a small amount of palm wine spilled on the ground (Kulosa malafu in Kikongo ya Leta). Palm wine is enjoyed by men and women, although women usually...

creates his own "misprint" of the Bible. He concludes his sermons with the Kikongo expression "Tata Jesus is bängala" with the intent of saying "Jesus is...

ConstituicaoRepublicaAngola. Retrieved 2019-08-23. "Hino nacional de Angola em Kikongo". Wizi-Kongo (in Portuguese). 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2019-08-23. "Angola...

most important of the documents translates the name as "Great Lord." In Kikongo, nganga a nzumbi was "the priest responsible for the spiritual defense...

Belgian Congo was one of the few African colonies in which local languages (Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba and Swahili) were taught at primary school. Even so...

Kiangani Region Democratic Republic of Congo Language French, Lingala, Kikongo Headquarters Nkamba Kongo Central, Democratic Republic of Congo Founder...

variety is bridged both by the use of French, and the intermediary languages Kikongo ya leta, Tshiluba, Swahili, and Lingala. The CIA World Factbook estimated...

(4 million) Central North Mbundu (Kimbundu) (3 million) North Bakongo (Kikongo) (576,800) Ovambo (Ambo) (Oshiwambo) (500,000) Luvale (Chiluvale) (500...

then softened with liquids and fats. The word "mofongo" stems from the Kikongo term mfwenge-mfwenge, which means "a great amount of anything at all".[citation...

The Kongo cosmogram (also called yowa or dikenga cross, Kikongo: dikenga dia Kongo or tendwa kia nza-n' Kongo) is a core symbol in Bakongo religion that...