Kongo

Bantu language spoken in Angola, Congo Brazzaville and Congo Kinshasa
Place macrolanguage Q33702
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Kongo

Summary

Kongo is a macrolanguage[1]. Kongo draws 1,025 Wikipedia views per month (macrolanguage category, ranking #6 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kongo is in the country of Republic of the Congo[3].
  • Kongo is in the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo[4].
  • Kongo is in the country of Angola[5].
  • Kongo's instance of is recorded as macrolanguage[6].
  • Kongo's instance of is recorded as modern language[7].
  • Kongo's instance of is recorded as natural language[8].
  • Kongo is a type of Kongo-Yaka-Sira[9].
  • Kongo's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Kongo's Commons category is recorded as Kikongo language[11].
  • Kongo's Wikimedia language code is recorded as kg[12].
  • Kongo's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -4.5, 'lon': 14}[13].
  • Kongo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kongo language[14].
  • Kongo's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+5016500'}[15].
  • Kongo's topic has template is recorded as Q138754686[16].
  • Kongo's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'kg', 'text': 'kikongo'}[17].
  • Kongo's UNESCO language status is recorded as 1 safe[18].
  • Kongo's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KON[19].
  • Kongo's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as Q131938994[20].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Republic of the Congo[3], a sovereign state[21], in Republic of the Congo[22], founded in 1960[23]; Democratic Republic of the Congo[4], a sovereign state[24], in Democratic Republic of the Congo[25], founded in 1960[26]; and Angola[5], a sovereign state[27], in Angola[28], founded in 1975[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include macrolanguage[6], modern language[7], and natural language[8].

Why It Matters

Kongo draws 1,025 Wikipedia views per month (macrolanguage category, ranking #6 of 12).[2] Kongo has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Kongo is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Country Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola
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