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template Infobox ethnonym is being considered for merging. › Kongo or Kikongo is one of the Bantu languages spoken by the Kongo people living in the...

called Kikongo ya leta ("the state's Kikongo" or "Government Kikongo"), or Kikongo de l'État, shortened to Kileta. Confusingly, it is also called Kikongo, especially...

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

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...

languages, all of them Bantu based, have the status of national language: Kikongo-Kituba, Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba. Democratic Republic of the Congo...

sometimes called Zaire in Portuguese, which in turn was derived from the Kikongo nzere o zadi ('river that swallows rivers'). The use of Congo seems to...

unrelated languages around the world, including Amharic, Hebrew, Japanese, Kikongo, Oromo, and Turkic. In Ethiopian culture, the name Ayana means beautiful...

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

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...

hypogaea), also known as the groundnut, goober (US, via Kikongo), goober pea, pindar (US, via Kikongo) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for...

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,...

armed factions. For example, speakers who are incompetent in Kituba and Kikongo (especially those in the north), and Lingala (especially those in the south)...

vassal of the Kingdom of Kongo. The people in all of these states spoke Kikongo as a common language. Portuguese explorer Diogo Cão reached the area in...

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

Kikongo is a ward in the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is located in Kibaha District. According to the 2022 census, the population of Kikongo is 6,463....

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...

creole language spoken in Colombia. It is believed to be a mixture of Kikongo (a language spoken in the present-day Central African countries of Angola...

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

Wamba Airport (ICAO: FZCW) is an airstrip serving the village of Kikongo Sur Wamba in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The runway is...

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

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...

country. The group performs in a variety of different languages, including Kikongo, French, Lingala, and Swahili. The group started in 2016, choosing the...

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

Zyran; Zyrian; Komi-Zyryan Kongo kg kon kon + 3 Macrolanguage Living Kikongo Kikongo Korean ko kor kor Individual Living 한국어 (Hangugeo), 조선말 (Chosŏnmal)...

populations of Central, East and Southern Africa. Ngoma is derived from the Kikongo word for "drum". Different Bantu-inhabited regions have their own traditions...

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

Kingdom of Kongo, known commonly as the Manikongos (KiKongo: Mwenekongo). Mwene (plural: Awene) in Kikongo meant a person holding authority, particularly judicial...

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...

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...

they are done among Afro-Venezuelans. The term "birongo" comes from the Kikongo word "bilongo", which is used to describe ingredients of magical use but...

70(3):227-264.) suggests that the origin of the word is possibly from Kikongo kalunga '(Angolan) for lake, sea, ocean', Laman 1936, 207; but also in...

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...

is often called Palo Kikongo; a "Creole speech" based on both Kikongo and Spanish, it Hispanicizes the spelling of many Kikongo words and gives them new...

administratively divided into 14 wards. Bokomnemela Dutumi Gwata Janga Kawawa Kikongo Kilangalanga Kwala Magindu Mlandizi Mtambani Mtongani Ruvu Soga The economy...

temple Nkamba to worship him, and there will be one church, one language (Kikongo), and one God. He was placed before a military court, without the benefit...

creole language or pidgin that may have been a mixture of Spanish and Kikongo, with Portuguese influences. Attestation is insufficient to indicate whether...

other Gbe languages, as well as Akan and Central African languages such as Kikongo. The language is derived from Plantation Creole, which is nowadays known...

Kanda (plural makanda; before 1700 the singular was dikanda or likanda) in Kikongo is any social or analytical group, but often applied to lineages or groups...

template Infobox religion is being considered for merging. › Kongo religion (Kikongo: Bukongo or Bakongo) encompasses the traditional spiritual beliefs of the...

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...

the spiritual realm of deceased ancestors (Ku Mpemba). Kalûnga is the Kikongo word "threshold between worlds." It is the point between the physical world...

Ouésso (in kikongo: Weso) is a town and commune in the Ouésso District in northern Republic of the Congo at the border of Cameroon, lying on the Sangha...

ethnologist, suggests that the name derives from the combination of the Kikongo and Kihumbu languages. The prefix "Ki(n)" signifies a hill or inhabited...

mastery of one of the Bantu languages – notably Kimbundu, Umbundu, and Kikongo – but their number has diminished dramatically after independence, and...

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

Spondias mangifera) Makok farang (มะกอกฝรั่ง) — Thai Manga zi nsende — Kikongo Mangotin — Panama Manzana de oro — Dominican Republic Mkak (ម្កាក់) — Khmer...

Society of Congo 1982: Entire Bible published, called 'La Bible en Kituba (Kikongo ya Leta), Kuwakana ya Ntama ti Kuwakana ya Mpa'. The New Testament was...

"quindão" and served in slices. The word quindim comes from dikende in Kikongo, a Bantu language. It means "the gestures, or demeanor, or humor characteristic...

rivers Luala and Kenke. They speak Bwende, a Bantu language related to Kikongo and were a part of the Kongo Kingdom. The artistic expression of the Bwende...

mission churches. The name ngol was derived from Charles de Gaulle and the Kikongo word 'ngolo' (meaning 'power'). In a few months it had spread across Moyen-Congo...

related to Kimbundu. Ancestors of the Mpinda included speakers of Sama and Kikongo, and Mpinda has low intelligibility with neighboring languages. Mpinda...

languages. Among these are Kikongo ya leta (also called "Kikongo" outside the Kongo Central province), Lingala and Tshiluba. Kikongo ya leta is spoken in Kongo...

Pedro II Nkanga a Mvika ( Nkanga a Mbika lua Ntumba a Mwemba in Kikongo and D. Pedro II Afonso in Portuguese), born around 1575, died on April 13, 1624...

during the 17th through 19th centuries. The people speak a dialect of the Kikongo language and thus may be considered a part of the Bakongo ethnicity. Kakongo...

step-shows of African American Greek organizations. Juba was derived from the Kikongo and Bantu word diuba, which meant "to beat (or to pat) the sun or time...

Kwilu Province du Kwilu (French) Kizunga Kikwit (Kikongo) Province Province du Kwilu The Congolian forest–savanna mosaic Seal Coordinates: 5°2′S 18°49′E...

Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zaire, a Portuguese mispronunciation of the Kikongo word nzere or nzadi, which translates as "the river that swallows all rivers"...

Cabinda. It is a combination of several dialects of the Kongo language (Kikongo) spoken by small ethnic groups in Cabinda. Among the principal ones are...

nu through Khoikhoi i-ngu and Dutch gnoe goober – possibly from Bantu (Kikongo) gumbo – from Bantu Kongo languages ngombo meaning "okra" hakuna matata...

affiliation with smaller kingdoms, such as the Kingdoms of Ngoyo, Loango, and Kikongo in present-day Cabinda. Over the years, the Portuguese, Dutch, and English...

French). Institut africain, CEDAF. p. 52. Hymne national congolais en Kikongo [https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.congo-autrement...

name that means "to see or observe" in various Bantu languages, including Kikongo, Umbundu and Kimbundu. Notable people with the name include: Tala Ashe...

the Democratic Republic of the Congo, alongside Lingala, Swahili, and Kikongo ya leta. An eastern dialect is spoken by the Luba people of the East Kasai...

Christianity and Portuguese with Vicente dos Anjos (who also learned to speak Kikongo), and began the start of a Kongolese version of Christianity. The mission...

writing in KiKongo, and extended by Redemptorist missionaries like Jean Cuvelier and Joséph de Munck. In 1934, Cuvelier published a KiKongo language summary...

inhabitants, who are a branch of the Bakongo, spoke a northern dialect of the Kikongo language also spoken in the Kingdom of Kongo. Missionaries who visited...

of South Kivu, mpuela or tuti in Kikongo, and ndere among the Hema. End-blown flutes share similar names in Kikongo (tuti, mpuela) and include nasal flute...

musing, struggle, and success. Singers occasionally performed in Lingala, Kikongo, French and Swahili and bands often consist of a primary vocalist accompanied...

The Sangha River (Kikongo: Nzâdi Sangha, Swahili: Mto Sanga, French: Rivière Sangha) is a tributary of the Congo River, located in Central Africa. The...

2020-08-18. Retrieved 2022-02-22. Lautenschläger, Thea; Neinhuis, Christoph; Kikongo, Eduardo; Henle, Thomas; Förster, Anke (2017-05-01). "Impact of different...

Nsi Kwilu is a modern Kikongo respelling of "Essiquilu" the term used by the Italian Capuchin missionary Girolamo da Montesarchio in 1650 for the territory...

Kongo may refer to: Kingdom of Kongo Kongo cosmogram Kongo language or Kikongo, one of the Bantu languages Kongo languages Kongo people Kongo religion...

in French, but the shopkeepers would purposefully "answer in Lingala or Kikongo to humiliate her." This was due to her having French citizenship, but having...

include French (official), Kituba or Monokutuba (lingua franca), Kongo or Kikongo, Lingala, and many local languages and dialects. The majority of the population...

anthropologist Fernando Ortiz, posit it has Bantu origins, particularly from Kikongo from the word 'mbi', which carried negative connotations including 'outlaw'...

(Lucumí and Ñañigo, respectively) while Palo uses a mixture of Spanish and Kikongo, known as Habla Congo. According to anthropologists dispatched by the European...

subdivision of the Bantu language family. In its earliest attestations in Kikongo dialects in the early seventeenth century, it was transliterated as mokissie...

Province Kwilu Territory Gungu Government  • Mayor Cristóbal Nguie Population  (2012)  • Total 23,893 Time zone UTC+1 (WAT) National language Kikongo...

its basic vocabulary, Lingala also borrows from other languages, such as Kikongo varieties, Ubangian languages, Swahili, French, Portuguese, English, and...

language spoken primarily in the Republic of Congo. It is closely related to Kikongo and forms part of the Kongo language cluster. It should not be confused...

Boueta Mbongo (Bueta Mbongo or Bweta Mbongo in Kikongo; born c. 1860 as Malonga Mi‑Mpanzu, died 11 November 1898) was a Kongo-Lari traditional leader...

developed in the Portuguese Empire among Kongo and Mbundu slaves who spoke Kikongo and Kimbundu languages. The supreme and creative god is Nzambi (also called...

sawane, or svwvne, which would correspond to the anglicization "Suwannee". "Kikongo language": According to Larry Eugene Rivers, the name Suwanee could be...

are presented as a vessel for knowledge and wisdom. Calabashes (nkalu in Kikongo) are used to collect and store palm wine in Bandundu Province, Democratic...

Jingpo Kalaallisut Kannada Kanuri Kapampangan Kazakh Khasi Khmer Kiga Kikongo Kinyarwanda Kituba Kokborok Komi Konkani Korean Krio Kurdish (Kurmanji)...

but Bantu and other African languages are also widely spoken. In fact, Kikongo, Kimbundu, Umbundu, Tuchokwe, Ganguela, and Ukanyama have the official...

Fon : Gúsí Nupe : Epín, Epíngi, Paragi Urhobo : Ikpogri Tiv : Icegher Kikongo, Lingala : Mbika Wikibooks Cookbook has a recipe/module on Egusi Seed Egusi...

Bundu dia Kongo (Kikongo; lit. "Gathering of Kongo"), known as BDK, is a new religious movement with a political and cultural agenda that is associated...

songs with titles in Kimbundu and has expressed interest in singing in Kikongo. In 2004, with Makumba, he won that year's Top Rádio Luanda. Cunha was...

Aromanian Latn roa-rup 1,392 17 2004 (unknown date) Kongo Wikipedia Wikipedia kikôngo Kongo Latn kg 1,949 17 Unknown date Obolo Wikipedia Wìkìpedia Usem Obolo...

contributed (1) by Bantu languages (above all, Kimbundu, from Angola, and Kikongo from Angola and the area that is now the Republic of the Congo and the...

Iranotricha Zamani & Marusik, 2018 – Iran Kaitawa Forster, 1979 – New Zealand Kikongo Rodrigues & Rheims, 2020 – Kenya, D.R. Congo Kishidaia Yaginuma, 1960 –...

Calabashes (called nkalu in Kikongo) are used to collect and store palm wine in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo....

Senegambia. Mojo bags can be traced to the words wanga and mooyo in the Kikongo language. Juju bags are believed to have an origin amongst the Hausa people...

sangamento from the Kingdom of Kongo. The word is derived from a verb in the Kikongo language, ku-sanga, denoting ecstatic dancers. In Portuguese ku-sanga became...

administrative language, whereas Kikongo is the most widely spoken national language among the population. Kikongo exists in several dialect forms, with...

took on the name Ne Muanda Nsemi, which means "the creative spirit" in Kikongo. He resided in Kinshasa and was a chemist by occupation. He considered...

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

from the town. Residents speak the following languages: Lingala, Kituba, Kikongo, French, and English. Vanga's medical center of Bandundu (DRC) is run by...

Spanish, and feijão andu or gandu in Portuguese all of which derive from Kikongo wandu or from Kimbundu oanda; both names referring to the same plant. In...

as young love and family. He spoke and sang in both the Portuguese and Kikongo languages. Among his most well-known songs were "Irmão ama teu irmão" ("Brother...

attached to nouns of the class that includes languages (cf. Kiswahili, Kikongo). Matumbi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Jouni...

[citation needed] The name Zaire is from a Portuguese adaptation of a Kikongo word, nzere ("river"), a truncation of nzadi o nzere ("river swallowing...

that uses peanut butter is known as muamba nsusu. Nsusu means chicken in Kikongo. It is also considered the national dish of Gabon where it is known as...

to Luanda, Angola, primarily defined by speaking of the common language Kikongo Kongo language, the Bantu language spoken by the Bakongo and Bandundu people...

Radio Uhuru). News was broadcast in the four national languages: Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba, and Swahili. It also had an official newspaper, "Le Martyr"...

1350 Status Sovereign kingdom Capital Maquela do Zombo Common languages Kikongo, Portuguese Religion Bukongo History   • Established pre 1375 Succeeded...

different dish, made with unripe cooked corn juice). Both words come from the Kikongo and/or Kimbundu languages, where they refer to similar grain porridges...

fish was introduced following trade in the late 17th century, and the Kikongo term for salt fish, makayabu, comes from the Portuguese term bacalhau....

emotive vocals—primarily performed in Lingala, though also in French, Kikongo, Swahili, and Luba—the genre is defined by its multilayered, cyclical guitar...

District. It is bordered to the east by Bokomnemela ward, to the west by Kikongo ward, to the north by Chalinze District and to the south by Kisarawe District...

the button in the header to sort each column. Notes For reference only, Kikongo name not included in the ISO 3166-2 standard. For reference only, English...

Capital Luanda Common languages Portuguese (official) Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kikongo, Chokwe Religion Roman Catholicism Protestantism Traditional religions...

arrival of the British. The first enslaved Africans probably spoke Gbe or KiKongo languages as their native tongues, and were bilingual for some time. In...

stretches across much of North Africa and some parts of West Africa), Kikongo (that stretches across northern Angola, western and coastal Democratic...

class prefix *ba-) occur in all Bantu languages: for example, as bantu in Kikongo, Kituba, Tshiluba and Kiluba; watu in Swahili; ŵanthu in Tumbuka; anthu...

Central Africa. In Louisiana, the term zombi—probably derived from the Kikongo term nzambi—was historically often used to describe a ghost or spirit,...

Hmong-Mong, Hungarian, Igbo, Ilocano, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Kazakh, Kikongo-Kongo, Korean, Krio, Kurdish, Laotian, Latin, Malay, Malayalam, Mandarin...

Karachay-Balkar krc Kashmiri ks Kazakh kk Khakas kjh Khasi kha Khmer km Kiga cgg Kikongo kg Kinyarwanda rw Kirundi (Rundi) rn Kituba ktu Klingon tlh Kokborok trp...

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

station also features programs in the country's national languages, namely: Kikongo, Kimbundu, Chokwe, Umbundu, Kwanyama, and Mbunda, as well as in Herero...

the Congo. These were speakers of various Bantu languages, among which Kikongo and related languages predominated. In aggregate terms, the West-Central...

ci-mpenzi. dengue – possibly from Swahili dinga goober – possibly from Bantu (Kikongo and Kimbundu nguba) gilo - from Kimbundu njilu, via Portuguese jiló gumbo...

 265. M. Masembo, Mfumukanda. "Dictionnaire de Poche Français-Kikongo" [French-Kikongo Pocket Dictionary] (PDF). Kmtyw Social Education Communiversity...

Congo and Senegal, the former having four "national" languages – Ciluba, Kikongo, Lingala, and Swahili – which are in a permanent opposition to French....

Government  • Mayor Noël Kuketuka Population  (2012)  • Total 44,743 Time zone UTC+1 (West Africa Time) Climate Aw National language Kikongo ya Leta...

others). ⟨nk⟩ is used in many Bantu languages like Lingala, Tshiluba, and Kikongo, for /ŋk/ or /ᵑk/. In the transcription of Australian Aboriginal languages...

Jamaica and Barbados, the old Akan word "duppy" is used rather than the Kikongo-rooted word "jumbee." In the folk religion of Montserrat, a jumbie is a...

languages in Africa. The main difference is the substrate form Kimbundu and Kikongo from Angola. In the middle of the 16th century, a slave ship from Angola...

Kikuyu name for it is mwanga. It is also called fufu in Lingala and luku in Kikongo. Residents in the sub-Saharan nation of the Central African Republic have...

fecundity, but as seers and guardians of the spirit".[page needed] The Kikongo word phemba translates to "the white", in reference to the white earth...

VI of Kongo, sometimes called Nimi a Lukeni a Nzenze a Ntumba (in the Kikongo language), was a ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo. He was the first member...

pendants.... these images, called Toni Malau or "Anthony of good fortune" in KiKongo, served to guard their bearers against illness and other misfortunes"....

scholars believe that she was connected to King António I, because of his Kikongo name, Vita a Nkanga. At the time of her birth, Kongo was torn by civil...

is considered the personification of "ukisi", which means "the holy" in kiKongo. "Kongowea" can similarly be interpreted as the Swahili locative of "kongo"...

significant populations Greater London Languages French, Lingala, British English, Kikongo, Tshiluba and Swahili Religion Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism...

author; his pen name means "small paper that speaks for its country" in Kikongo. Born in Mpili, near Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa (now Congo)...

fifteen words spoken by Gullah and Black Seminoles that came from the Kikongo language. Other African words spoken are from the Twi, Wolof, and other...

West African cultures. The origin of the word Gullah can be traced to the Kikongo language of the Congo River basin, from which many Gullah words spoken...

Etymology Mythology Parent Mythology Details Nzambi Ampungu From the Bantu and Kikongo word Nzambi meaning "Supreme god" and Ampungu meaning "great spirit" Bakongo...

Crafts Productions. The album features lyrics in French, English, Lingala, Kikongo and Tshiluba. The album was the winner of the 2022 Polaris Music Prize...

also called Akamba or Wakamba; or the word kanda, which means "family" in Kikongo. In the comics, Wakanda has three official languages: Wakandan, Yoruba...

Spanish dance Zamba Antigua combined with kwa-kwa, which in the African Kikongo language means cajón. This fusion, called Zamba Kwa-kwa (“Zamba of the...

Spanish-based creole language that may have been a mixture of Spanish and Kikongo, with Portuguese influences.[page needed] Attestation is insufficient to...

of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The name Ngoma came from the Kikongo word for drum. The label was created in 1948 by the Greek businessman Nicolas...

unknown origin, with some positing that it may have come from Latin or Kikongo. The saya is often compared to the caporales dance, which was developed...

2008. Performed chiefly in Lingala with additional passages in French and Kikongo, it is a Congolese rumba love ballad written by Koffi and primarily performed...

rivers of the region that facilitates trading between Mateko and Kinshasa. Kikongo (Kituba) is the main language of Mateko. University of Bandundu University...

conceived as a cultural and linguistic association to promote and preserve the Kikongo language, ABAKO was transformed under Kasa-Vubu's leadership, which began...

name Orchestre Sinza Kotoko in 1965. The term Sinza, meaning "root" in Kikongo, was chosen as a metaphor of resilience and cultural rootedness. This naming...

1487, and relations were initially warm. A Portuguese priest mastered Kikongo and his input led to the baptism of Kongo's king and royal court. At the...

United States, Venezuela, Haiti and Cuba. Nganga means "expert" in the Kikongo language. The Portuguese corruption of the meaning was "fetisher." It could...

category. Living north of Luanda, they had also been strongly influenced by Kikongo speakers. By the late 1960s, the Mbundu living in the cities, such as Luanda...

Angola and the Congo-Brazzaville. The word Matadi means stone in the local Kikongo language. The town is built on steep hills. A local saying is that to live...

Shorter OED, 5th edition, cf Bantu kingumbo Shorter OED, 5th edition, Kikongo nguba Nagle, S., & Sanders, S. (Eds.). (2003). English in the Southern...

Brazilian LGBT community. Its source languages include Umbundu, Kimbundo, Kikongo, Egbá, Ewe, Fon and Yoruba. It also includes words borrowed from Spanish...

Mputu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mputu (literally "Europe" in Kikongo) is a surname of Congolese origin. Notable people with the surname include:...

inhabitants are almost exclusively different groups of Bakongo. They speak the Kikongo language. The economy of the province is basically of traditional agricultural...

religion. The word goofer in goofer dust has Kongo origins and comes from the Kikongo word Kufwa which means "to die." Among older hoodoo practitioners, this...

country by slaves, which include Akan, Efik, Ewe, Fula, Ga, Hausa, Igbo, Kikongo, and Wolof. There are numerous theories as to how creole languages form...

equivalent to "negro de nación"), combining Spanish with "lengua palera", the Kikongo dialect used in Palo Monte. In a 1964 interview, Rodríguez explained that...

Kambale Kombi Mai-Mai Léopards 2016 Kakule Endaniluhi Muthundo Mutsuva Kikongo and Fabrice Mai-Mai Mahoro Mahoro (until 2017)  † Mai-Mai Makanaki John...

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

language unintelligible to Spanish speakers. Palenquero was influenced by the Kikongo language of Congo and Angola, and also by Portuguese, the language of the...

591026 Country DR Congo Province Kwilu Territory Idiofa Elevation 554 m (1,818 ft) Population  (2012)  • Total 61,056 Climate Aw National language Kikongo...

"manikongo" is derived from Portuguese manicongo, an alteration of the KiKongo term Mwene Kongo (literally "Lord of Kongo"). The term wene, from which...

life, such as good-luck, money or love. The word mojo is derived from the Kikongo word mooyo, meaning "to the spirits that dwelt within magical charms."...

played, and its associated dance....The term "bamboula" or "bambula" is in Kikongo language, meaning to remember. Vodou Dances are ritualistic folklore dances...

converted by a Protestant missionary society, operates in the territory of the Kikongo language (18 million speakers across Angola, Gabon and the western regions...

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...

population of 32,792 at the time of 2014 census. The name Buco-Zau is of Kikongo origin and was chosen on 19 May 1957 by Simão Toco, an Angolan Christian...

a Congolese-born singer, born to Angolan parents. He sings in Lingala, Kikongo, Bambara, Swahili, French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish. He was the...

Mexico and the USA. The word "mambo" means "conversation with the gods" in Kikongo, the language spoken by Kongo slaves taken to Cuba. Modern mambo began...

opposed to Protestantism or traditional religions. Cuvelier started the Kikongo language missionary newspaper Kukiele in 1928 with a mixture of missionary...

Kazadi was fluent in Chinese, Dutch, French, English, Latin, Swahili, Kikongo, Lingala, and Ciluba. He read extensively and loved classical music, which...

in: Jammu and Kashmir, India Kituba – Monokutuba, Munukutuba, Kituba, Kikongo ya leta Official language in: the Democratic Republic of the Congo and...

African blind barb or Congo blind barb (known as Nzonzi a mpofo in the local Kikongo language, meaning "blind barb"). This threatened cavefish is only known...

specific dance. According to Jeanora, the words kwassa kwassa comes from the Kikongo language, meaning "I'm working". In 1986, the neighborhoods of Kinshasa...

Catalan Spanish French Portuguese Angola 1 Portuguese Kimbundu Umbundu Kikongo Chokwe Kwanyama Ganguela[citation needed] Angolan Portuguese Antigua and...

on Madagascar and surrounding islands. The term ngolo derived from the Kikongo Bantu language and signifies concepts related to strength, power, and energy...

(15 men and 17 women) were Mbundu and Bakongo, who spoke Kimbundu and Kikongo languages respectively. Many of these early slaves were literate. Later...

which led him to master the instrument and compose his first songs in Kikongo. By 1937, he was fraternizing with young Angolan musicians and had begun...

patrilineal. They labelled the Akan practice of Akom with a Bakongo word Myal(Kikongo to mean intelligence) and the Bakongo practice of Nkisi as Kumina which...

which were described and sometimes illustrated in early twentieth century Kikongo texts. Those that used human images (kiteke) were most often nailed, and...

several Bantu languages. Immigrants from the DRC speak Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Bembe, and Tshiluba. However, recent immigrants are less likely to speak...

Igbo: Ọ́jị̀ Hausa: Kuuka Edo : Uloko Urhobo : Uno Akan languages : Odum Kikongo : Kambala Ijaw : Olokpata Ejagham : Nsan Iroko is yielded mostly (probably)...

White of the University of Montreal, the term atalaku derives from the Kikongo expression for "look here, look at me" and first appeared in common parlance...

country by slaves. These include Akan, Efik, Ewe, Fula, Ga, Hausa, Igbo, Kikongo and Wolof. The Garinagu (singular Garifuna) are a mix of West/Central African...

1983- Means “Garden at the Edge of the Other Side of the World” in the Kikongo language. It is named in memory of the “second” African American burial...

non-etymological sources, rumba could be related to "nkumba" meaning "navel" in Kikongo, which refers to a dance characterized by the joining and rubbing of navels...

French is the administrative language, but almost all the people speak Kikongo, one of the four national languages of the DRC. Some younger people also...

is highly influenced by the four national languages (Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, and Tshiluba) that are spoken much more frequently and casually. Many...

language (hence the Kiyaka language being spoken amongst them, an offshoot of Kikongo). Much more, Lunda chiefs married Kongo women. The offspring identified...

A zombie (Haitian French: zombi; Haitian Creole: zonbi; Kikongo: zumbi) is a legendary undead being created through the reanimation of a cadaver, a corporeal...

noun class marker Ki to the root of the respective place names. Thus, Kikongo, Kibembe, Kivira, and Kirundi denoted the languages of the Kongo, Bembe...

simbi water spirit), have been directly linked to Bakongo religion and the Kikongo language. Both the lowa and simbi ancestral spirits acted as intermediaries...

disappears (or loses), a word derived from the verb Lala disappear/lose in Kikongo, more specifically in Kimbata and Kitsotso) or from the Luladi or Lulari...

Voix du Congo, is available in French, Swahili, Lingala, Tshiluba, and Kikongo. There are also many privately run broadcasting stations. In 2001, there...

folk patron saint for Black Argentines. The word candombe comes from a Kikongo word meaning "pertaining to blacks," and was originally used in Buenos...

Swahili borrowings) Malagasy word Equivalent Malagasy word Bantu language Gloss fohy Fioti Kikongo Short akondro Dikondo Kikongo Banana koa Kwa Igbo Also...

Zadi, Cuilo and Buenga. The national language spoken in the province is Kikongo and the predominant ethnic group in the region is Bakongo. According to...

she moved there in 2011. Kayembe is fluent in English, French, Lingala, Kikongo and Swahili acting as translator for refugees and patients in NHS hospitals...

Gullah word guber (meaning "peanut"), which is in turn derived from the KiKongo word n'guba. List of peanut dishes List of chocolate-covered foods Food...

official site - available in French Archived 2024-05-25 at the Wayback Machine Kongo University - available in English, French, Kikongo and Portuguese v t e...

its name from kumba, which means "roar" in the Central African language Kikongo. Kumba was officially announced in November 1992 as a record-breaking Bolliger...

Klallam, for an ejective lateral affricate M̀ m̀ M with grave Doo, Gokana, Kikongo, Old Italian, Tarok, Yoruba, Pinyin transliteration and other transliterations...

Taro Geography Capital: M'banza-Kongo Nsi Kwilu Nsundi Soyo Languages Kikongo Portuguese Religion Religions Antonianism Kongo Kongo Catholicism Deities...

feel to the rhythm. The atalaku, whose name purportedly stems from the Kikongo expression for "look here, look at me", plays a crucial role in creating...

H10: Kikongo group H10A ktu Kituba (Kikongo-Kutuba), Ikeleve, Kibulamatadi, Kikongo Commercial, Kikongo Simplifie (Kikongo Simplifié), Kikongo Ya Leta...

especially from regions where Bantu languages were spoken, such as Kongo (Kikongo), Mbundu and Swahili. The native speakers of these and other languages...

population 68,620 Regions with significant populations Paris Languages Lingala, Kikongo, Kiswahili, Tshiluba, French Religion Roman Catholicism, Protestantism...

great historians of the kingdom. De Munck was particularly fond of the Kikongo languages, at times even keeping his personal notes in that language. He...

Luambo's younger brother, Bavon Marie-Marie, inspired him to compose the Kikongo ballad "Kinsiona" ("sorrow") in his honor. However, rumors began to circulate...

Province Kwilu Territory Bulungu Elevation 1,276 ft (389 m) Population  (2012)  • Total 57,168 Time zone UTC+1 (WAT) Climate Aw National language Kikongo...

"Indépendance Cha Cha" Song by L'African Jazz Language Lingala Kikongo French B-side "Naweli Boboto" Released February 1, 1960 (1960-02-01) Genre Congolese...

during the colonial period Angola Angolan Portuguese Umbundu, Kimbundu, and Kikongo the Portuguese during the colonial rule in Africa Shetland and Orkney Insular...

African-based dance with singing and drumming", possibly from the Southern Kikongo (Congo) language, in which it means "a word which transfers the force of...

Dictionnaire kikongo-français, avec une étude phonétique décrivant les dialectes les plus importants de la langue dite Kikongo (translated: "Kikongo-French...

Cuban guaguancó have their origins. The singing is in Portuguese with some Kikongo and Yoruba words and phrases. The lyrics align themselves with the rhythm...

comprises largely the Pende and Mbala [fr] ethnic groups and speaks the Kikongo and Lingala languages. The city has thousands of migrants, including workers...

Indonesian, Thai, Chinese (traditional), Korean, Vietnamese, Mongolian, and Kikongo. The traditional Chinese translation uses poetic seven-character (七言) lines...

relationship with the public. His last name, Samba, has two meanings in the Kikongo language, referring to the act of prayer or the act of being judged. Samba's...

was produced by Christian Polloni. Mangwana sang in Swahili, Lingala, Kikongo, Portuguese, French, and English. Several songs are about oppression and...

Miguel in Mbanza Kongo, a church subsequently known as "Mbiro" (mbila in Kikongo) or grave. Around 1680, a story about Leonor Nzinga Nlaza surfaced, claiming...

books written in African languages. In the 2018 edition, a work written in Kikongo made the shortlist. According to the GPLA regulations, the Research and...

after Leopold II, King of the Belgians. Mai-Ndombe means "black water" in Kikongo. The lake is of irregular shape and ranges in depth from only 5 meters...

major factions that battled for control of Kongo during its civil war. In KiKongo the language of the kingdom of Kongo, the name of the kanda is Lukeni....

Komi Macrolanguage Living Коми кыв kon kon kg Kongo Macrolanguage Living Kikongo kor kor ko Korean Individual Living 한국어, Han'gug'ô kos kos Kosraean Individual...

Lingala and Kituba national languages plus other dialects, including Kikongo and Kituba. Burundi: Kirundi (national and official), French and English...

several Bantu languages are also used, chiefly Kimbundu, Umbundu, and Kikongo. The population of Luanda has grown dramatically in recent years, due in...

Kongo", which was published in 1973 under the title, "Syntax and Tone in Kikongo." She was promoted to Reader in Bantu Languages at SOAS in 1971, a post...

Quechuan: 16th century (Classical Quechua) Niger–Congo (Bantu): 16th century (Kikongo) Northwest Caucasian: 17th century (Abkhaz, Adyghe, Ubykh) Algic: 17th...

Synods and the General Assembly. Official languages are Portuguese and Kikongo. Due to the union these numbers of members and churches grew rapidly. In...

Seki / Sekiyani Equatorial Guinea, Gabon X. Congo-Ngōla Kabenda Kakongo / Kikongo DR Congo Mimboma Central Kongo DR Congo Musentāndu N.E. Kongo / Kintandu...

Congo Province Kwilu Province Territory Bagata Territory Elevation 902 ft (275 m) Time zone UTC+1 (Kinshasa Time) Climate Aw National language Kikongo...

(France) Running time 97 minutes Countries Belgium France Democratic Republic of the Congo Languages French English Dutch Lingala Kingwana Kikongo Tshiluba...

Angola, the great majority of the peoples were of Bantu origin, mainly Kikongo and Kimbundu speakers. The region included states such as the small Lunda...

from the Kikongo word of the same meaning. Mandinga, in reference to the devil comes from Kimbundu ndinga meaning "cruel" Macuma, from Kikongo makamba...

language Mandombe 1978 Wabeladio Payi Alphabet written in syllable blocks for Kikongo, Lingala, Ciluba and Kiswahili Miꞌkmaw hieroglyphic writing after 1675...

• Chokwe • Baholu • Bakwese Time zone UTC+1 (West Africa Time) License Plate Code CGO / 11 Official language French National language Kikongo ya leta...

"Miyangele" (Flamy) – Lingala (Congolese rumba) "Mu Nzila Nsona" (Flamy) – Kikongo (Merengue) Format: Vinyl record Label: Ngoma No. 36 [45/71 & 45/72] 24...

factors in h-dropping. Southern American terms goober and pinder from KiKongo and ngubá and mpinda; both meaning peanut. Burma, Bamar and Myanmar for...

Londo, and Batanga. Oroko language has a 75% similarity with the Lingala (Kikongo) spoken in Congo and Zaire. The main difference between the two is that...

Mbungu is a Kikongo surname and given name. Notable people with the surname include: Mbungu Ekofa (born 1948), Congolese footballer Serge Mputu Mbungu...

Afonso V of the Congo (Ndo Mfunsu V in Kikongo and Afonso V in Portuguese) was a Kinlaza manikongo of the Kingdom of Kongo from 1785 to 1787. He succeeded...

in the Yungas before the Afro-Bolivians. The word saya originates from Kikongo nsaya, referring to the act of singing while performing communal work.[citation...

probably, [his] dissatisfaction stemmed from the predominant place of Kikongo as language of instruction, as well as the cultural differences between...

experience led him to learn all four national languages of Congo namely Kikongo, Lingala, Kiswahili and Tshiluba. He also speaks fluent French. From there...

Republic of the Congo. He was initially educated in the local language, Kikongo, and only began speaking French at the age of twelve, when his family moved...

century and the first part of the twentieth. Tumba is derived from the Kikongo word tumbama, which means "to be placed or set before". In the Punu language...

fever which was then raging in the Congo, she took on board about 500 Kikongo speaking captives and sailed for North America on 18 October 1858. She...

with Cabinda's local leadership. The population of Cabinda are primarily Kikongo-speakers and a part oif the larger Kongo ethnic group that inhabits the...

fish was introduced following trade in the late 17th century, and the Kikongo term for salt fish, makayabu, comes from the term bacalhau (ba-cal-ha-u)...

Kashubian Kaulong Kazakh (Arabic) Kazakh (Cyrillic) Keliko Khmer Kiche Kikongo Kikuyu Kimbundu Kinyarwanda Kiribati Kirundi Kisiha Klingon Korean Kuanua...

combined with electronic elements, to create their sound. Their lyrics are in Kikongo, French, Lingala, and Swahili. The sound of Fongola comes from Kokoko!'s...

Kimpanzu and Kinlaza are the three stones on which Kongo cooked). In KiKongo the language of the kingdom of Kongo, the name of the kanda is Nlaza. The...

connection to the conga (Pérez I 1988:104). Also, the word bokú means “drum” in Kikongo (Orovio 1981:58). In the early years after the establishment of the Republic...

the Congo. It is promoted by the Kimbanguist Church and used for writing Kikongo, Lingala, Tshiluba, Swahili, and other languages. Zaghawa (Beria) of Darfur...

is used in administration, education, and formal settings. Tshiluba and Kikongo are also commonly spoken among communities originating from other regions...

and was the first Angolan to translate the English-language Bible into Kikongo. Although Lemvo grew up in the D.R.C. and later in the United States, he...

criminals and free-men) for a high enough price, such that Ansiku (the Kikongo term for the Tio) became a category of slave in Brazil (although it likely...

shipment of 490–600 people, who were loaded on the ship. Most of whom were Kikongo speakers. Many of the people died on the six-week journey across the Atlantic...

New Guinea) kom kv kom M/L Uralic коми Komi kon kg kon M/L Niger–Congo Kikongo Kongo koo I/L Niger–Congo? Olhukonzo Konzo kop I/L Waube koq I/L Kota (Gabon)...

Congo Province Kwilu Province Area  • Total 7,019 sq mi (18,179 km2) Elevation 902 ft (275 m) Time zone UTC+1 (Kinshasa Time) National language Kikongo...

the French Equatorial African capital, Brazzaville. Matswa or Matsua (in Kikongo) was born in 1899 in a small village of Loukoua-Nzoko in French Congo....

Congo-Zaïre adoptée par la CNS. 2 vols. (french, lingala, swahili, chiluba and kikongo). Volume I, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2002 (collection "Mémoires lieux de savoir...

Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yvon Kimpiobi was born on 1 June 1923 in Kikongo-Mitshakila (near Bulungu, Bandundu), Kwango, Belgian Congo to Dias Suing...

Belgium. The other most common national native languages are Lingala, Kikongo, Kituba, Tshiluba, and Swahili, along with 215 smaller languages. All of...

Smeringopina kala Huber, 2013 – Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea Smeringopina kikongo Huber, 2013 – Congo Smeringopina kinguele Huber, 2013 – Gabon Smeringopina...

Quifangondo (popularly known as Nshila wa Lufu, or Battle of Death Road in Kikongo) was fought on 10 November 1975, near the strategic settlement of Quifangondo...

German, Portuguese, English, Spanish and Bantu languages such as Kikongo, Kikongo ya Leta and Lingala. He studied law at the University of Fribourg and...

in Bolivia and Samba in Brazil have their origins in the Kimbundu and Kikongo languages as well. The Tumbe is an Afro-Descendant dance that is currently...

Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone H) Kongo (Kikongo, H.10) Vili Language codes ISO 639-3 vif Glottolog vili1238 Guthrie code...

of Congo's forthcoming independence on 30 June 1960. Sung in Lingala, Kikongo, and French, the song immediately lifted the crowd's energy and filled...

before the colonization by the Portuguese. The word Anziku comes from the KiKongo phrase "Anziku Nziku" meaning "to run" referring to inhabitants who leave...

the diaspora. In the Bantu linguistic family, with influence from the Kikongo, Kimbundu and Umbundu languages, the word has a diverse meaning, which...

raised in Portugal. He bore gifts of copper, silver, slaves and portions of Kikongo wood. Silva Manuel was well received, admitted to the Order of Santiago...

2025, Zaïko Langa Langa released the EP Makinu, which means "dance" in Kikongo, through ProZal. The four-track EP includes "Mbrouss", "Awa Te! (Pas Ici...

up and down the river, and later sang not only in his native tongue of Kikongo, but also in fluent Lingala and Swahili. The success of this new music...

Article 1 The official language is French. The national languages are Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba. The State ensures promotion of these languages...

Kempile Mai-Ndombe FZBV Kempile Airport Kenge Kwango FZCS Kenge Airport Kikongo Kwilu FZCW Wamba Airport Kikwit Kwilu FZCA KKW Kikwit Airport Kindu Maniema...

Lomongo, though several local dialects, such as Moko, Kitetela, Swahili, and Kikongo, are also spoken. The inhabitants, living in harmony with their environment...

Congo valley, the ethnonym Téké is associated with the idea of selling. In Kikongo, téké means "to sell", a reference to the Tio's primary economic pursuit...

historian of the Congo Free State period, and argues closely that the use of Kikongo slang, and some entries about people and places in 1903, could not have...

DRC. These five languages are French, Lingala, Swahili, Tshiluba, and Kikongo. Specific media platforms in the Democratic Republic of Congo have used...

Elevation 595 m (1,952 ft) Population  (2016)  • Total 1,571,503  • Density 109.69/km2 (284.09/sq mi) Time zone UTC+1 (WAT) National language Kikongo...

Sankuru province and was a polyglot, speaking fluent Swahili, Lingala, Kikongo, French, and English. He graduated from the Institut supérieur de statistique...

3%) likely originates in Gold Coast. In 2016, linguistic evidence (e.g., Kikongo influence and remnants from the early history of Palenque found in Palenquero)...

Taro Geography Capital: M'banza-Kongo Nsi Kwilu Nsundi Soyo Languages Kikongo Portuguese Religion Religions Antonianism Kongo Kongo Catholicism Deities...

in Northern Algeria. Many songs reference Bantu languages from Angola: "Kikongo", "Nganguela" (also known as Luchazi), "Umbundu", "Nhaneca", and "Chokwe"...

Kolami Dravidian Komi or Komi-Zyrian Uralic Konkani Indo-European Kongo or Kikongo Niger–Congo Konkow Maiduan Koraga Dravidian Korandje Nilo-Saharan Korean...

makes religious references, including pasting pages from the Bible in Kikongo (the first African language that the Bible was translated into) in his...

Norman Kamosi (1939, Kikongo Belgian Congo – January 24 2021, Kinshasa) was a former airline executive and member of the Parliament of the Democratic...

23-minute fiction film, Soeur Oyo, a 23-minute trilingual project in Lingala, Kikongo, and French, was released in 2014. It received three awards and was shown...

the time he was one of the principal artists recording in the language Kikongo. Mwanga died in 2016. Shortly before that, he took part in Alan Brain's...