swc ISO 639

Kiswahili Autonyms

Congo Swahili

Congo Swahili is a language of wider communication that originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It belongs to the Niger-Congo language family and is part of the Swahili macrolanguage. Direct evidence is lacking, but the language is thought to be used as a first language by all in the ethnic community. It is used as a language of instruction in education.

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It belongs to the Niger-Congo language family.