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Kituba
Monokutuba, Munukutuba, Kituba (mkw) Kikongo ya leta (ktu)
Native speakers
(5.4 million cited 1987–1990)[1] Several million L2 speakers
Language family
Kongo-based creole
Kituba
Official status
Official language in
National language and unofficial language: Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Either: mkw – Kituba (RC) ktu – Kituba (DRC)
Glottolog
kitu1246 DRC kitu1245 RC
Guthrie code
H10A,B[2]
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Kituba (Kituba: Kituba, Kituba: Kikongo ya leta) is a widely used lingua franca in Central Africa. It is a creole language[3] based on Kikongo, a Bantu language. It is a national language in Republic of the Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
^Kituba (RC) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Kituba (DRC) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction by Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith (page 17)
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