Kituba
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Population | 4,200,000 (1990 UBS). |
| Region | Bas-Congo and south Bandundu provinces. |
| Alternate names | Kibulamatadi, Kikongo Commercial, Kikongo Simplifié, Kikongo Ya Leta, Kikongo-Kutuba, Kileta |
| Dialects | Ikeleve, Western Kituba, Eastern Kituba. A creole based on the KiKongo dialect spoken in Manianga area (Bas-Congo), but unintelligible to KiKongo speakers of any of the other Kikongo dialects. Influenced by Lingala [lin], French, restructured Swahili [swh], Portuguese, and other local dialects. Similar to Kituba [mkw] (Munukutuba) of Congo. |
| Classification | Creole, Kongo based |
| Language use | Means of communication among various language groups. 800,000 L2 speakers. |
| Language development | Bible: 1990. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
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