Kikongo is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Angola and Gabon.
Kongo was the language of the Kingdom of Kongo prior to the creation of Angola by the Portuguese Crown in 1575 and the Berlin Conference (1884-1885) that balkanized the rest of the kingdom into three territories, which are now parts of the DRC (Kongo Central and Bandundu), the Republic of the Congo and Gabon.
Speakers of Kikongo are known as Bakongo.
This website provides some basic information for English speakers with any level of interest, especially to people who may want to visit DRC, ROC, Gabon or northern Angola.
The following guide will let you try out some basic Kikongo:
