Kituba
PrintA language of Congo
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Kikoongo, Munukutuba
Population
1,160,000 (1987 SIL).
Location
Mainly between Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.
Language Maps
Language Status
3 (Wider communication). Statutory language of national identity (2002, Constitution, Article 6), recognized as lingua franca.
Classification
Dialects
Similar to Kituba [ktu] of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Language Use
Main language of the south and one of the 2 national languages.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 5%-10%. Literacy rate in L2: 15%–25%. NT: 2005.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
Main language of the south.