Language code: kg
Technical information about ISO 639 language code kg
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The table below provides technical details for the Kongo language, designated by the kg code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Kongo Native Kikongo |
| Family | Bantu |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central KongoEastern KongoSouthern KongoSan Salvador KongoLaariYombe |
| Related languages | LingalaKitubaKimbunduTshilubaSwahili |
| Key facts | Bantu language of the Kongo branchUses about 18 noun classes marked with prefixesLexical tone distinguishes both words and grammatical categoriesEarliest surviving texts date to 17th-century missionary catechisms produced in the Kingdom of KongoVocabulary has influenced Afro-American ritual speech systems such as Palo and Candomblé. |
| Sample phrase | Mbote, ngeye ke bika mbote? |
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Kongo belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, more specifically to the Bantu subgroup. It is one of the national languages used in Angola, and it is also used in some parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo. It is primarily written using the Latin script, although the Mandombe script is also used, albeit to a lesser extent. It is estimated that there are more than 6 million Kongo speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
2.8M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Kongo speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
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- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
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- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
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