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Kituba

A language of Congo

ISO 639-3: mkw

Population	1,160,000 (1987 SIL).
Region	Mainly between Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.
Alternate names	Kikoongo, Munukutuba
Dialects	Similar to Kituba [ktu] of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Classification	Creole, Kongo based
Language use	National language. 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%. Bible portions: 1989.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Buchanan, Deborah L. 1996/97. "The Munukutuba noun class system."

Lehman, Debra. 1989. L’influence des langues maternelles sur le développement du discours en Munukutuba.

Vernacular Publications

Bisono ya ndinga ya munukutuba. [1990].

Bunkete ya nzutu na ya yinzo. 1990.

Kimbevo ya bangungu. 1990.

Kukubika na kutanga mpe na kusonika. [1990].

Les animaux du Congo (Munukutuba - Beembe - Laari - Mbochi - Teke - Dibole - Bɛkwɛl - Lingala). 2002.

Lisons et ecrivons en Munukutuba (Un manuel d’exercises: pour ceux qui lisent et écrivent déjà la langue française). 2002.

Mu ke tanga mpe sonika na ndinga ya munu. [1991].

Mvwandulu ya kento na yinzo ya bakala ya yandi. 2002.

Nani salaka munu?. 1993.

Tanga mpe sonika na Munukutuba (Un syllabaire pour l’alphabétisation en munukutuba). 2002.