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词汇 Kikongo
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Definition of Kikongo in English:

Kikongo

noun kɪˈkɒŋɡəʊkēˈkäNGɡō
mass noun
  • Either of two similar Bantu languages spoken in Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), and adjacent areas, with around 4.7 million speakers altogether.

    刚果语(刚果、刚果民主共和国 扎伊尔及邻近地区使用的两种近似的班图语之一,共有约4, 700, 000使用者)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Over sixty local languages and dialects are spoken, the most widely used of which are Kikongo, Sangha, and Bateke.
    • Six of the Bantu languages were selected as national languages: Chokwe, Kikongo, Kimbundo, Mbunda, Oxikuanyama, and Umbundu.
    • Parts of the Bible were translated into Kikongo in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
    • Lingala, Kikongo, Sangha, and Bateke are the most widely spoken native languages.
    • Other major languages include Swahili, Lingala, Kikongo, and Tshiluba.
adjectivekɪˈkɒŋɡəʊkēˈkäNGɡō
  • Relating to Kikongo.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1956 another Redemptorist published the first edition of an extremely influential Kikongo history of Kongo, relating that the first Kongo had probably migrated from Egypt.
    • In 1992, Kikongo speakers in all countries numbered 3,217,000, the majority of whom lived in Angola.
    • The Kikongo word phemba denotes ‘the one who gives children in-potentia.’
    • On the left is the firma sun, which in the Kikongo language of Congo is called tango, a sign of the soul or the power of light (which can connote strength and righteousness).

Origin

The name in Kikongo.

Definition of Kikongo in US English:

Kikongo

nounkēˈkäNGɡō
  • Either of two similar Bantu languages spoken in Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), and adjacent areas.

    刚果语(刚果、刚果民主共和国 扎伊尔及邻近地区使用的两种近似的班图语之一,共有约4, 700, 000使用者)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Parts of the Bible were translated into Kikongo in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
    • Other major languages include Swahili, Lingala, Kikongo, and Tshiluba.
    • Lingala, Kikongo, Sangha, and Bateke are the most widely spoken native languages.
    • Six of the Bantu languages were selected as national languages: Chokwe, Kikongo, Kimbundo, Mbunda, Oxikuanyama, and Umbundu.
    • Over sixty local languages and dialects are spoken, the most widely used of which are Kikongo, Sangha, and Bateke.
adjectivekēˈkäNGɡō
  • Relating to Kikongo.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Kikongo word phemba denotes ‘the one who gives children in-potentia.’
    • On the left is the firma sun, which in the Kikongo language of Congo is called tango, a sign of the soul or the power of light (which can connote strength and righteousness).
    • In 1992, Kikongo speakers in all countries numbered 3,217,000, the majority of whom lived in Angola.
    • In 1956 another Redemptorist published the first edition of an extremely influential Kikongo history of Kongo, relating that the first Kongo had probably migrated from Egypt.

Origin

The name in Kikongo.

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