San Salvador Kongo language

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San Salvador Kongo is a dialect of the Kongo language, a Bantu language spoken by over 1.5 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola. The Kongo language belongs to the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. While many Kongo dialects exist, San Salvador Kongo is not mutually intelligible with others and is sometimes considered a separate language. The Kongo people, who speak this language, are a Bantu-speaking group residing along the Atlantic coast of Africa.12

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…are many dialects of Kongo; San Salvador Kongo, spoken in Congo (Kinshasa) and Angola, has more than 1.5 million speakers and is often listed as a separate language because it is not mutually intelligible with other Kongo dialects. There are more than seven million native speakers of Kongo, many of…
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…are many dialects of Kongo; San Salvador Kongo, spoken in Congo (Kinshasa) and Angola, has more than 1.5 million speakers and is often listed as a separate language because it is not mutually intelligible with other Kongo dialects. There are more than seven million native speakers of Kongo, many of…
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