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DRCongo

DRCongo is home to 224 languages, spoken across Central Africa. Explore them on the map or in the full list below.

Capital Kinshasa

Nationality Congolese

Currency Congolese Franc (CDF)

Languages 224

Independence Jun 30, 1960

216 active 7 endangered 1 extinct

Where the languages are spoken

Each bubble marks where a language is centred in DRCongo; its size reflects how many people speak it there. Click a bubble for the source.

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Bubbles show a language's approximate centre, not its full extent. Speaker figures are our own estimates where a language lives in one country, and sourced per-country estimates where it crosses borders.

All languages in DRCongo

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Alur Aushi Amba Endangered Asoa Avokaya Bemba Baka Bangala Babango Bali Baloi Bamwe Bangba Bangi Bangubangu Barambu Beeke Endangered Bembe Bendi Bhele Bila Binji Bira Bogoru Boko Bolia Boloki Bolondo Boma Bomboli Bomboma Bozaba Budi Budza Buraka Bushoong Buyu Bwa Bwela Bwile Bobangi Chokwe Dengese Ding Dzando Dongo Efe Enya Foma Fuliiru Furu Gbanziri Gilima Gobu Hamba Havu Hemba Holoholo Holu Hunde Hungana Hema 400K Inyasi Joba 50K Kinyarwanda Kongo Kakwa Kiluba 4M Kaonde Kanyok Kaliko Kabwari Kaiku Kango Kanu Kari Endangered Kela Kele Kete Kobo Konzo Koongo Kpala Kusi Kwami Kwese Komo Endangered Kituba Luvale Lingala Lugbara Lamba Lala-Bisa Lendu Lunda Lalia Langbashe Lega-Mwenga Lega-Shabunda Lele Lengola Lese Libinza Ligenza Lika Likila Lobala Logo Lombi Lombo Lonzo Luna Lusengo Lwalu Mvuba Mid-Southern Banda Ma Mabaale Mamvu Mangbetu Mangbutu Mayeka Mayogo Mba Mbandja Mbesa Mbole Mfinu Mituku Moingi Mongo-Nkundu Mono Monzombo Mpuono Mündü Mbo 30K Mbala Nande Ndaka Ndo Ndobo Ndolo Ndrulo Ndunga Ngando Ngbaka Ma’bo Nothern Ngbandi Ngbinda Endangered Ngbundu Ngelima Ngiti Ngombe Endangered Ngongo Ngul Ngundu Nkutu Ntomba Nyali Nyanga-li Nyindu Nzadi Nzakara Nyanga 400K Ngbaka Ngbee Extinct Ombo Omi Pagibete Pambia Pelende Phende Poke Ruund Swahili Sakata Seba Salampasu South Central Banda Southern Ngbandi Samba Sanga Sengele Sere Shi So Sonde Songe Songomeno Songoora Suku Songo Tetela Togbo-Vara Banda Taabwa Tagbu Talinga-Bwisi Teke Eboo Teke Ibali Tembo Tiene Tabwa Tshiluba Vanuma Wongo Yaka Yakoma Yamongeri Yango Yela Yulu Endangered Yombe Zande Zimba Zula

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