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Languages Spoken in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Official: French

Democratic Republic of the Congo has a population of 115.4 million and is home to several distinct language communities, with 7 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. French serves as the official language. Of the languages spoken in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 3 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

115.4M
Population
7
Languages
3
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Languages spoken in Democratic Republic of the Congo

French Official
French Braille, French alphabet
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51%
CLDR
Swahili Regional
Latin script, Swahili Ajami
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50%
CLDR
Luba-Kasai Regional
Latin script
10%
CLDR
Lingala Regional
Latin script
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3%
CLDR
Luba-Katanga
Latin script
2%
CLDR
Kongo Regional
Latin script
2%
CLDR
Mongo
Latin script
0.6%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"French (official), Lingala (a trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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