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I speak Swahili and I’m Congolese I’ve personally questioned if I’m “Congolese enough” because I speak Swahili but I’m thankful that I’m learning Lingala step by step
No! Don't give in to those harassments of lingala speaking plz! kua fière na kuongea Kiswahili. Don't learn lingala because of bullies! I think that is a bad reason to learn. Waswahili tunatakiwa kujishimama eko.
I wish to learn lingala too though I am a Kenyan. It sounds like my tribal language called Kikamba. We say NZAMBA but we mean Cock (male hen) MBULA is a name of a female. MBOKA is soup. To you is home.. ha ha ha
@@mutomubaya mboka could also mean group because our village lives in group. The Africans actually started "it takes a village to raise a child concept"
We need people like you my sister, people who advocate for unity and how to embrace our diverse African culture, not divisions. It's just unfortunate that we lack peaolple like you in Africa generally. Your are a nice youtuber and intelligent too, I am following you from now on.
I am 100% Congolese, I speak Swahili us my first language and Olso speak Lingala us a second official louange., Little bit of my mother’s dialect and my father ‘s dialect . On top of that I speak French, Kirundi, and I am learning English too . Thank you yaya , na ba leçon Oza kosala, Mungu akubariki sana❤
Please family, for the good of our country, let's truly be interested in knowing what makes us Congolese! No Congolese is more Congolese than another and no Congolese language is better or worse than another. Let's treat each other as individuals, we can agree and disagree respectfully on things that actually matter. Preach love! Preach tolerance! We have one thing in common and that is Congo!! Please let's get our focus straight. #onelove
Hey sista,Truly we really have this kind of Sickness by Loving our Language or Tribe,so we put others for only this Reasons,but my Believe says'Tribe Proudness'its Smell Bad just like ToiletShit.Tupendane kama watu wamoja.uKabila haujengi Nchi💕💟💖
African tribes were always fighting each other before Europeans came. It's a mistake to think that all of our problems is the result of Europeans coming to Africa
@@Ndu-wa.uroony2 Mimi ni mswahili wa kivu kusini ila sijuwi Lingala wacongo wa ongeya Lingala wana semaka kama mimi siii mcongo kwasababu si ongeyi Lingala na French yngu ni fake eti mimi ni mtanzania ao murundi
In Kenya 🇰🇪 we love Lingala but also wish that Congolese will learn Swahili so that most of East Africans can get to interact with them. My Dads generation grew up listening to Lingala Music even though they didn't understand the language. Some of our most popular musicians are of Congolese decent. and they sing perfect Swahili.
Swahili is actually one of Congo’s national languages and there is a big part of Congo that speaks Swahili, although it’s a little different to Kenyan Swahili. 😊
Mimi hapa ni mtu wa kivu, ila naongea Kiswahili kizuri kuliko wakenya wengi. Tuki kutana nao uwa wananishangaa kwasababu hawajui kwamba Congo tunaongea Kiswahili. Wako misinform na muziki wa Congo. ahaaaaaa
@Tom chibe Ndiyo! njo maana natumiaka, surtout, ba artists ba mu regions zakuongea Kiswahili mfano Innoss'B, Alka Mbumba, na ba journalists ba ma media en ligne ba Katanga bakuwe naongea Kiswahili mingi kuliko ma lingala baki kua Katanga,Kivu ao Prov Oriental kuliko ma lingala lingala. Batu bako moins-informés saana kuhusu Kiswahili cha Congo.
I love your thinking and marturity in tackling this issue. I'm South African and my language is IsiZulu (Zulu), but I also speak SeSotho, IsiXhosa, Tsonga, Setswana and Afrikaans. I also speak a bit of KiSwahili. I'm proudly African🙂
The worst ones are those who speak "Francais" they think that they're better than other Congolese people speaking their native languages like Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba, etc
the worst ones are those think and act badly;and bluntly portray hate to anyone different from them. There are Francais Congolese community in our country, they deserve just as much dignity and respect as anyone. Acting rude to them is unacceptable behavior.
@@brrrzmechbonime read my comment again. It's not the language but the pessimist behaviors thrown at those different from you. French is a Congolese language. It's part of our history. It's an official language here. We study in french and we speak french at work. Again this language is the last of the problems congo has. French actually helps unite the western and eastern side of Congo. They both don't want learn each other's language, history and culture for some reason. This is where the work is. Apparently Africans are extremely tribalist, even the best of our kids are to the point exclusion of anything that isn't you. That's not the World I'm fighting for. You all just as weird as yfolks. You will be conquered. I mean look at Congo. A total mess and failure of organization.
I am Kenyan and I speak both Kiswahili and Lingala fluently. I think both languages are so beautiful. I feel so privileged that I can speak the languages that are very widely spoken in this region.
You're so beautiful! I love hearing about things like this, and learning a bit about the current culture. 🙂 I'm excited to be a new subscriber! I can't wait to learn more. Sending lots of love from America! ☆
I was born somewhere in Congo in a shwalili speaking enviroment but I grew up in kinshsa it makes me happy because today I can speak both lingala and swahila fluently
I can relate to your story, i was born and raised in a swahili environment now in Kinshasa, i learn another language, and learn to appreciate different culture and mentality. WE all are congolese, we should learn to love each other no matter where we're from😘
I m from South Kivu,I was in Kigali in a beauty salon 2018 and met this Rwandan lady and she was speaking Lingala more than many of us.You are 110% correct.People are proud of nonsense rather than defending the entire nation.Stupid for me
I love your point of view on this matter. I am on the same journey as well. I can speak Swahili and Lingala (50%). I want to learn some Kikongo and Kiluba. Our country is amazing. We are blessed with so many tribes and dialects, our differences and similarities are what make our country unique 🖤🙏🏾🇨🇩 Keep it up with these amazing contents 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for your kind input. It's really time we start putting what we have to good use. Diversity is a good thing, we don't need to fight it. Thanks once again 🇨🇩🇨🇩🖤
It's not just Congolese only even here in Kenya we believe so.The biggest Congolese export to other African countries is music which is 90% in Lingala language. This has made us believe that every muana mboka Kongo should speak fluent Lingala.
Lingala is definitely more widely spoken than any other national language in Congo currently. But it is no proof for being Congolese. I would excuse you guys from outside of Congo for thinking that because it’s coming from curiosity/not knowing. But Congolese people should know better. 😇
Thank you sister for raising this divisive point. The truth is the majority of Congolese who speak either Lingala or Swahili get on very well. However, this narrative of Lingala vs Swahili vs Kikongo vs Tshiluba is the stealthy work of people who, in the last 20 years, have engaged in a crusade for the total destruction of our beloved country. Throughout our painful history, our cultural and linguistic diversity have been the key ingredient for our togetherness. We have survived the slave trade, western colonialism and neocolonialism. We will overcome the current campaign which is an attempt to destroy us as a people and take away our lands. In proclaiming our Congoleseness we also accept our cultural and linguistic diversity. If anything we should be even louder about who we are. I support what our Sister of CongoTalks243 is doing. This is a struggle for our survival.
Absolutely! Our diversity is part of our wealth and nobody should tell us any different. We have to understand that none of the people who make divisive statements have our best interests at heart.
You make a very good point. Congolese people you are all equal. In Switzerland for example, people speak French, German Italian, and Romansh.All of these 4 are national languages of that country. In DRC, why can you not all speak at least 2 national languages? Maybe, more people know Lingala. That is ok.Then they have to learn only one other language, either Kikongo , or kaluba or Kiswahili. Be fair to everybody.
This is such a hard task to suggest only two of 'em when the country has more than 400 different tribes, imagine ! So voting for only 4 is the most effort WE can barely agree on.
Absolutely right some people they be like if you don't speak this two languages lingala and French you're not Congolese and it really make me upset....Even thought when I meet a Congolese and ask me what language do you speak I feel shy to say I speak Swahili coz of what you said 😍😍
Congolese should embrace their local languages, it is their last line of defense. Mother tongue is always the line of defense. I love my mother tongue...meru in Kenya, besides I am good in swahili, English and other local languages. Am now trying to learn lingala. I wish I were good enough.
Are u a native Swahili speaker from DRC? I am starting not to like Swahili due to the fact that it has too many Arabic words. To my best of knowledge Tanzanians speak swahili in it most original Form but even theirs is drenched in Arabic. I think that since Tanzania and Kenya are situated on the coast and exposed to Arab and non African influence in the past than most Swahili groups then it will be better for me to look in to more land locked Swahili speaking countries like Uganda and and DRC with less Arab influence. So I need to learn the most adulterated Form of Swahili.
Wow and here it is I work with a lot of Congolese people and I'm an African American woman whose first language is English🤦🏾♀️ geez... Idk it was those type of problems on language.... I am actually fascinated that they can speak those many languages and to have a whole conversation and to switch between the languages.... it just blows me away. It's not that many AA on our shift but they embrace us and we do the same.... I'm glad I'm in a place where we can learn from each other.... currently learning French and I can understand some terms in Lingala but it's a well deserved learning process.... ✊🏾🖤👑💯
The problem is not just the language The western and central Congolese are known for looking down on eastern Congolese As an eastern Congolese , I have experienced that attitude from western and central Congolese even here in USA I’m 100 % native Congolese from bembe tribe but they still treat me as I’m not one of them once they here me speaking Swahili or when I tell them I’m eastern Congolese they always give me a side eye Our country will never go anywhere If we don’t respect each other’s cultures and love each other
I'm from Katanga. Niko Muhemba. Historically east Congo was has ties to Tanzania, Sudan. We don't speak Lingala. Swahili is nice and smooth in speaking. Lingala is nice language too.
I think people have this type of argument around the world, especially now since native languages or indigenous languages are coming back into fashion. As an American who can't speak Lingala or Swahili, I feel fully qualified to weigh in on this debate. I joke. I've looked into learning both at one time, and I've found Lingala more beautiful to my ears, but not by much. They are both beautiful languages. I once asked a Congolese person if she spoke Lingala, and she said, "What's that?" Damn shame.
Each congolese should master one, and know a little about each 4 languagues (Lingala, Kiswahili, kikongo & Tshiluba). But each one should also know its own Tribal language.
Strange , I'm kenyan but I struggled to learn Lingala because am a natural Swahili speaker. But what surprised me is that when I first got to DRC in 2017 and was speaking Lingala some of our local staff were not happy, they would always tell me "Lingala est une langue trés impoli" , and I couldn't understand why!
I love Lingala but I didn’t grow up around it.And I’m often called a fake Congolese😂 I usually find that people who speak Lingala look down on others that don’t because they usually make comments like “you don’t know your language or how are you Congolese and not speak Lingala” this irritates me because I’m from Goma and as far as I know we speak Swahili It makes no sense because most Congolese people live in the diaspora & therefore have very different lived experiences.I just wish we appreciated our own diversity instead of glorifying differences that sow seeds of division
@@annkaiba3047 i agrée with your definition of ethnicity. Let’s assume that the order is as follows Nation- ethinicity- tribe- clan-family. It is important to keep in mind that Uganda and Rwanda are not ethnicities but nations therefore one can not be ethically Ugandan or Rwandese. Additionally, when boarders were drawn across Africa in 1885 to divide the contient amongst colonizing nations African tribal or ethnic boarders were not taken into account. Meaning you can find people of the same ethnic group at different sides of the border. Take for instance how the Hausa ethnic group in west Africa which spreads out between Nigeria, Niger, Togo Ghana, Burkina Faso & Chad amongst others. To your point about the “bayamulenge” I agree but let’s keep in mind that the Rwandese that fled to DRC after 1994 were tribal Hutus some refugees and others were rebels fleeing prosecution for their crimes. If we go back to my point earlier about 1885, it is clear that prior to the conflicts that brought these Rwandan to DRC that ethic and tribal groups pre existed on both sides of the boarder in the Great Lakes Region. Like French which is one of DRC’s official language , Swahili was brought to Congo from the eastern coast due to our close proximity & that fact that these were trading routes. This is why Swahili is now one of the most spoken languages in DRC especially in populous cities in eastern Congo like Goma and Bukavu
@@annkaiba3047 you are being misleading. “As for tribes that exist in multiple countries, the solution is simply erasing all tribes or ethnic practices and implement a congolese ethnicity for those whose parent come from the lands of congo and congolese nationality for those whose parents come from other countries.” Idk what this means but it needs clarification also Ugandan and Rwandan is not an ethnicity that is a very ignorant and Eurocentric thing to say in Rwanda you have Tutsis, Hutus and Twa pygmies and in Uganda you have 30 or more ethnic groups indigenous to Uganda and this is recognized internationally and that statement “Africa is no longer a Continent with tribes” who said this? No serious or credible person says this. Pre colonial Congo was made of different tribes, nations and kingdoms and not all of them were influenced by the kingdom of Congo the kingdom of congo in modern Democratic Republic of Congo only comprised of modern day congo central and western Bandundu region. Sure lingala was made in Congo but it is not native to eastern congo or south congo. There is a reason why lingala of Kinshasa is different than the lingala of Equator because a again lingala came from the Bobangi language which is native to north west Congo and Kinshasa lingala is influenced by French, Kikongo & Swahili. Lingala spread because Belgians wanted to spread the Bobangi language to other indigenous Congolese people and it worked because most languages in Congo are Bantu and that includes Swahili plus Mobutu wanted to use lingala to unite us because in the 60s we were divided. Mobutu also comes from north west Congo so lingala was ok for him. People in east Congo defend Swahili because Swahili is a popular language in east Congo and like the last person said Swahili was in proximity to them. Stop this division and ignorance. Saying people from east Congo are questionably Congolese because of East African migration is the same logic people say about about people from congo central AKA Bascongo & Bandundu that we are questionably Congolese because of Angolan immigration or north Congolese, where lingala come from, are questionably Congolese because of Central African Republic and Sudanese immigration and people from Kinshasa are not safe because of migration from west Africans in the 70s. Immigrations make a very small portion of Congo like one percent. Educate yourself.
@@annkaiba3047 wow 🤦🏿♂️first you call people Rwandans because it’s their nationality not ethnicity it’s I’m not going to elaborate anymore on this because you are showing that you don’t care about your lack of nuance on that specifically. “Europe and Asia had tribes, but were smart enough to amalgamate themselves into combined nations. Yet, the Africans with their prideful tribes can't even communicate with their country's men.” First Europe and Asia are not Africa and not all Europeans or Asians try to base their ethnicity and Nationality the same for example Belgium and Switzerland both recognized that people they are diverse and ethnic groups in their area are indigenous to the country and for Russia even though there is such thing as ethnic Russians they recognize that non ethnic Russians are still indigenous to Russia. In Asia for example india who has over 800 ethnic groups recognize that all of the people who were in India prior to colonialism are Indians they work things out despite ethnic rivalries. Also Why should African people abide by the rules of A lot of Europeans and Asians they need to handle it among themselves I’m starting to think that people who hate eastern Congolese people are agents of white supremacy and Eurocentrism. “ Shona, yoruba, Nyanja and bemba are also bantu languages, should we also adapt them?” 🤣 Yoruba is not Bantu and Shona and Nyanja are not spoken in Congo prior to or during European colonialism seriously please I beg you educate yourself. Also what about ethnic groups like the chewa people of Zambia they are believed to come from Congo should they get removed from Zambia and come to back DRC authenticity of who is Congolese? Should we remove all Bantus from Congo because technically they came from the north because last time I checked the only aboriginal people of Congo are pygmies. You are not making sense. “Besides contributing to the long list of 200+ indigenous languages we already have, what has French and Swahili contributed to the common Congolese folks. What is the use of 200+ languages when a Congolese person from the south cannot communicate with one in the west.” French is the reason why Congolese from east, west, North, Central and south can communicate lol. Whom Swahili: Laurent Kabila is loved by money Congolese people east or west he was a Swahiliphone, Swahili is used in many Congolese Christian music along with other languages and they do just fine & you cannot say Congolese Christian musicians are not important they are very important to Congolese people and other Africans. Hmm Innoss ‘B secular Congolese musician from Goma, Congo list goes on and even if I didn’t list these Swahili speaking Congolese people are still legit because it doesn’t matter what you say experts are on their side. That Mexico example was ridiculous Mexico doesn’t speak English because one Spanish is the dominant and official language in Mexico and the indigenous National languages that it recognized don’t have that much influence as Swahili and lingala has in Congo because those languages in Mexico have been suppressed for 300 years. Democratic Republic of Congo was a Belgian colony for only between 75 & 90 years and lingala, coming from the Bobangi language, was put on others so Belgians can understand and rule over Congolese people. Swahili was dominant in east Congo already when Belgians colonized Congo and they used that to also dominate over Congolese people in the east. See two different things you cannot compare Mexican history to Congo history in that context lol. People do speak Arabic in Persia aka Iran it is just a minority and Iran is more homogeneous than Congo and it’s been like that for 3000 years lol. Congo does not have the same history. You can encourage people to speak Lingala without being an asshole about it the Congolese in the east congo could be more open to lingala if west Congolese would stop acting like they are monopoly of Congolese culture and being bullies. If we are all Congolese we find solutions together not one side ruling for the other because of some Mobutu nostalgia 🤦🏿♂️ ok Swahili in Congo is associated with slave trade that is not good but guess what lingala spread throughout Congo by Belgians with the intention to oppress us plus there was already slave trade in west of Congo to the Americas before Belgians came through so are we just going to pick & choose because and be bias. All of those things were bad but we acknowledge it and try to do better not have selective hearing. This It is also common knowledge that half of “east Congo are fully east Africans, unlike the west Africans that integrated into the common faces of Kinshasa” is a stupid conspiracy theory not a common knowledge and I knew you will bring this up because you are those people who will believe everything you here and what is a full East African a lot of East Africans are Bantus you especially the East Africans who come to Congo & they do integrate in societies in east Congo in Goma, Bukavu, Lumbubashi and more if they stay there a lot of them go to Kinshasa too just like the Angolans who come to Congo you are so bias and lack self awareness. Are half of Congolese in bascongo and bandundu Angolans and of course you will repeat the we are the same people but east congo can’t do that because some politician, family member or Journalist with no integrity of credibility but conspiracies that you trust with no questioning said so. Ignorance oyo eza makasi boye pona nini? And no I don’t believe BaSwahili is a real tribe just like bangala is not a real tribe. The nande, bemba and lubgara have been in both congo and those other countries you mentioned if they are not to you who would be native to those areas of congo? The bema also interacted with the Kongo and Luba people before colonization don’t be ignorant "Bemba | Joshua Project". Joshua Project. Retrieved 5 January 2020. ^ Ethnographic Survey of Africa: East-Central Africa, Parts 1-4, International African Institute, 1950, p. 80 ^ "The illusive role of the Chitimukulu as the chief executive of the Bemba people and tribe," Lusaka Times published 20 May 2016. ^ "Bemba | people". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-08-08. ^ a b Winston, Robert, ed. (2004). Human: The Definitive Visual Guide. New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 423. ISBN 0-7566-0520-2. The banyamulenge are the only one who are suspicious because it’s not fully known when they came to DRC or the territory of what we know today is DRC and that are not the same as the banyarwanda of north kivu those came is the 1930s. Idk what Mashi is I looked it up and it didn’t say anything about mashi claiming to be Congolese are you making stuff up now? There is a tribe called the shi people of south kivu and they are native to Congo they live in Walungu, kabare, Mwenga Uvira and are majority in Bukavu along with the hunde people but you probably didn’t know that because you want to believe your stupid fantasies. Just about all tribes in east Congo know their tribe name they don’t call themselves Ba Swahili that is what west Congolese call them you are making stuff up lol. You are acting like the territory of what is now DRC was like that before colonization and you are only rooting for south west Congo. You clearly just don’t like people from east Congo and you will believe anything to prove it. Congolese people need to come together as one but in Congo terms and that includes all tribes that are listed in congo who were in the territory prior to colonization either get with the program are go establish a country somewhere else congo will be fine with or without you. I’m done responding to you because anything you say next sounds like some paranoid fool who will believe anything on WhatsApp go get therapy because the problem is not east Congo the problem is you and your fantasies of stupidity.
The language is national heritage just like the things ppl have built in the past, or painted, or left behind from past. It is contributing to the richness of your culture as a country! Treasure them all!
I think one big thing with Swahili is the issue going on in Eastern Congo and because of that Swahili has a negative light. I come from the North of Congo where Lingala originated and i understand that a lot of people don’t like Lingala because during colonisation it was a language colonisers chose to use to preach the bible in, in order to colonise and thats one of the reasons why it spread. I hope Congolese people do what South Africans do a lot of SA people i know can speak a lot of languages regardless of their ethnic backgrounds and i think it’ll be cool for us to know many languages to connect to our fellow Congolese people and neighbours. The conflict between languages however was purposely created by the belge before they left so that Congo never thrives. I do hope though that Congo never loses a single language or if people want to call it creole in the country and that as a country they protect every language and make sure it doesn’t die because these languages carry history and culture. I also hope that they would make dictionaries for every language in Congo so its easier for people to learn languages outside their ethnic groups or for people like me who are born abroad can learn their ethnic languages. I speak lingala and French i intend to learn swahili as of next year and would love to learn Kimongo which is my ethnic language as well as tshiluba because a lot of my closet family friends are luba and i love them to bits but there are no resources.
Just came across this vid, while researching about Lingala. You got nice views about your country's culture. We all must respect each other's choice of language and try to learn them too.
Lingala is no where near romantic language it a very aggressive language that why they use it in the army than any other languages I would say Kikongo is romantic and Swahili from Tanzania is very sexy and romantic
I am Tanzania and I love Lingala but at the same time, in Tanzania without Swahili will be speaking 143 different languages. They are both banks language and african
Me too I always be shy to say that I’m Congolese because of those western Congolese,They keep telling me that I’m not Congolese because I only speak Swahili and English damn 😢
It was from clonial era that creat Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba as national language, before more than 300 language existed but were close each other according to the region
@@ggbooy8395 in fact most people from Kin mistake "swahili" speaker as a tribe. Not at all, in eastern DRC several tribes speak swahili as adopted language but each one have there own native tongue. The tribe called "mu-swahili" dont exist. The Luba, the Basongye, the Lega, the Lunda... all speak swahili as adopted language.
Nothing but facts strong sister, what you said about the tribalism. The question is, me as a foreign black person planning to visit the motherland, DRC, hopefully to reside long term, which language is common in every part of the country that every1 could understand fluently no matter which part of the country you in, in Congo?
But if you come to east especially south kivu many people don’t speak Lingala. We only speak Swahili and lil bit French It all depends on what part you want to go
As someone who’s not Congolese I have a question… why not just embrace these 4 beautiful national languages and kick out French entirely? I think many patriotic Congolese can agree a European language should have no significant place in the structure of the DRC
The problem is that french was the language congolese people have been colonized with and it's most used at school, administration and sometimes in public places, and for some reasons people still consider it as a sign of someone who is highly educated. And foremost, it easier to speak french with our other African francophone...so banning it will put a barrier communication. But congolese people speak most fluent french among all African francophone 😘
Nothing wrong with them speaking French, it's part of our History, it's part of who we are now. Languages don't belong to anyone. French doesn't belong to France. Lingala doesn't belong to Congolese and Swahili doesn't belong to Tanzania.
@@in.edieudonnesworld3167 From my American point of view, your statement would make sense if France and DRC had an amicable past, a few if not many people would agree that most European languages spoken in non-European regions on this planet are a result of colonialism, the DRC included. I don’t know how the Congolese majority feel about their colonial past with Belgium and would love to learn more. Regarding belonging to a country, I agree no country has possession over a language but there definitely is an origin that needs to be acknowledged and respected. All I’m saying is even though France has a relationship (albeit a horrid one) with the DRC they would never in a million years change the official language to Lingala so why hold on to the French language at such a high level within the Congolese government?
Tell us please. I speak both Swahili and Lingala and few of Kikongo and I feel good about that. But we need one language to unite us because languages limit us a lot. My first time in Kinshasa I was a total stranger because I didn't know Lingala but Swahili. And in east we used to consider those who speak Lingala like they are bandits or soldiers
Now swahili is know as a only one language to unit Africa. I was at point to learn lingala but since this swwhilisation of Africa and all black people, I think it's nonsense to continue to discuss lingala and swahili. Swahili is taught actually across in the world UK, USA, South Africa, tanzanie, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Somali, and all southern Africa contains. I'm Congolese but at now swahili is the only greatest language in Africa. I will only learn it. I'm sure those dialect as lingala, tchiluba, kikongo will be lived at the time because are used only in congo. I'm in Canada when we say lingala no one know it. But swahili every one know as an African language.
NIce discussion ,at least as somone who doesnt know too much about it .I love listening to LIngala music but dont really understand what the words mean unless I look them up .Swahilli I know some (lived in Kenya 4 years) .I was surprised when I was in Zambia that some spoke swahilli as I associated it with Kenya and Tanzania only.I think you did a nice job in actually building up Congo just by the words you spoke.
@ Neil Hickey people who speak swahili in Zambia are mostly Congolese. Zambia takes in lots of refugees from Congo. We also have Congolese who were born and raised in Zambia and speak swahili and other Zambian languages.
Rare that Zambians speak Swahili, unless of course as Berthe highlights. Great job CongoTalks243. My English is fluent, I understand Swahili mostly (can hardly speak, lol) and I'm seriously learning Lingala. Like your passion CongoTalks243. Olingi ko bina na ngai?
I think that the 4 national languages should be taught in schools from from primary, they should implement this so that the future generations won't engage in tribal wars. The government must teach the 4 langues in every different places in Congo and this will create jobs for teachers and this will be the biggest independence they will get
Individual languages were taught based on what side of the country one lives. I grew up in the Western part, so I learnt Kikongo reading and writing. But I agree, it would help to teach all 4.
Inorder to bring unity and a compatriotic indentity, I feel every school should be taught in lingala, news in lingala and everything else Lingala. This is because lingala is already widely spoken more than Kikongo and Tshiluba, and there's also the fact Congo republic and Angola also speaks it and we are both one people. Swahili and French are not congolese languages, so they should be offered as foreign language electives along with other current popular foreign languages.
I THINK EVERY CONGOESE MUST TRY HARD TO LEARN LINGALA, THE FIRST GENERATION OF YOUR MUSICIANS MADE YOUR MUSIC IN LINGALA LANGUAGE SO POPULAR, IN AFRICA AND GLOBALLY...TO THE POINT THAT LINGALA COULD ALMOST BE AN AFRICAN PAN AFRICAN LANGUAGE... I AM A TANZANIA KISWAHILI NATIVE SPEAKER AND I WOULD WISH TO LEARN LINGALA OUT OF LOVE FOR T P OK JAZZ MUSIC AND THAT OF DOCTEUR NICO KASANDA AND BAVON MARIE MARIE...
During Marshall Mobutu, Lingala was the undisputed king of the country, it's only after the kabilas who are supposedly Tshiluba and Swahili speakers took power are we now being told Congo has four national languages. I reject!
Where did you go to school Dear? probably your teachers forgot something. My friend, even before Mobutu with his dectatorship of imposing lingala in the army, Congo has always 4 bigger regional languages. Even Mobutu used to speak alittle swahili like gretings, aspecially, when delivering a national speach.
@@congoukwelimao4884 I swear seems like people do not know Congo history. Mobutu actually trying to fight against tribalism. We always had 4 national languages. This lingala vs swahili thing started when kabils came and most of them were speaking swahili
@@africaine4889 c'est faux Mobutu été un tribaliste tout fait, dans son entourage il y avait que les ressortissants de l'équateur il avait imposé le lingala comme langue de l'armée au nom de quoi le lingala doit être au-dessus des autres langues tout en sachant que dans notre constitution toute nos langue nationale sont égaux
@@kiyana7261 ah oui? Si le lingala etait aussi imposé il serait parlé partout dans le pays. Va á l'est. Ils sont fier de parler swahili et ne veulent rien á voir avec le lingala. Beaucoup de parents qui sont bien financièrement refusent que leurs enfants parlent lingala soit disant que c'est une langue vulgaire. Personellement he trouve que lingala pure est une belle langue. Faut savoir
Yo honestly. It’s so awkward when I tell my congolese friends that I speak Swahili and not Lingala... like bro lmao congo is multilingual and Lingala is mostly spoken in the city. In the many congolese villages, there are thousands of languages, so why even limit the criteria of being congolese to that???lmao
Not even in all cities. Manly in the west of the country. Did you know that in Kivu in the 90's if you spoke lingala and you were not a soldier people associated you to a bandit/ robber? Those who harrass people who cannot speak lingala, are mainly ignorant.
The feeling of boycott Lingala or Swahili between Swahiliphones and Lingalaphones is a little bit broad, First of all Swahili speaking people occupies the biggest part of Congo(All Eastern and Southern part) and Lingala is spoken mainly in the Capital Kinshasa and part the province of Equateur and the rest part of Congo speaks Kikongo or Tshiluba. But many people speak Lingala regardless where they are located at beacause lingala is a musical language (Many songs are sung in Lingala). AS you may know in many African countries military and police use one language for communication and Lingala is used as Military and Police language in Congo. As you know military and Police are seen as enemies by the population therefore in Swahili speaking part when a person is arrested by a police , the person feels more offended and the feeling of resistance is higher when the police is speaking in different language. Thats how the feeling to resist to learn lingala started. In addition, people who are from Kinshasa have the feeling of superiority toward people from provinces , they assume everybody should know lingala since Kinshasa is the Capital City of Congo, that s make more people to have the feeling to boycott lingala and people from Kinshasa dont consider to learn Swahili as they consider provinces are villages.
This is well put. We have to do better as a people. Let’s influence each other in loving Congo as a whole. I didn’t grow up in Kinshasa, so I know what you’re talking about because I have experienced it in the few times that I visited Kinshasa. We shouldn’t let that make us despise Lingala though, it is a beautiful language and it has promoted our culture in music for a long time. We have to fight ignorance with knowledge. Let us not get our battles confused 🙂🙂
@@CongoTalks243 Yes you re right , Congo is a beautiful country and the unity of Congo is key for its development. Normally the government should have implemented a language program at school in teaching all 4 national languages in all provinces so that people would have minimum communication skills in all national languages.
That is exactly what happened in Uganda. The Baganda and some tribes refused Swahili because it was a military/police language and the military was controlled by the people from the north and north-western part of the country. That is why most of the Swahili speakers are found outside central Uganda, including Kampala.
@@konuchtulelach1982 Kiswahili is a lovely language. My relatives used to work in Gulu(Railmaster) during the British and have others that were in Kampala, Jinja and Mbale. I love 💕 Swahili in my Brooklyn hood in New York.
Mann...this shit ain't new. I don't understand what's wrong with my people. They always have something to say about everything. And that's the same exact thing that's happening in my country 🇨🇬. For some reasons a majorities ( not all ) of Brazzavillois/e believe that people of Pointe Noire are not Congolese enough because they do speak Munukutuba. Plus, my cousin is married to a lady from Pointe Noire and my other cousins be talking shit about her like " She's not one of us". Smdh🤦
Thank you as a person who is from Kinshasa and speak Lingala I don’t like the superiority complex of some Congolese towards other Congolese people it’s really ignorant but I do encourage all Congolese to learn lingala it’s a very awesome 😎 language not by force but for unity maybe the Congolese education system can do some combining with Swahili and lingala together to make a new language.
Kiswahili is the lingua franca of all Afrikans and people of Afrikan decent. As in the diaspora settled on Kiswahili as the language of all Afrikans and black people. I also request that though Kiswahili is a universal continental Afrikan and diaspora language of choice but please also hold on your local languages like Yuropa, Hausa, Bambara, Tabu, Isitzulu, Amharic, Chechewa, lingala(Music language), luganda, kinyarwanda, etc but Kiswahili unites us all.
Parents (Dad from Maniema, Mom from Mbuji-Mayi) speak KiSwahili, Tshiluba, Lingala ,English, French, and English...sometimes in the same conversation..
So true, some people even forbiid their Children to speak Lingala, Kiswahili, Shiluba or Kikongo , they Prefere French or English the Languages of our Oppressors .if I had my way our Beautiful Languages whivh is much older the French, all 4 of them will be mandatory in Shoots. Then the other ones like Batetela, Babowa, Lokele and the rest will be subject of Preference.
I agree with you dear. even if you can't speak swahili, linga or other languages correctly but try to learn how to say hello to your beloved brothers and sisters.
As a little boy during the later era of Marshal Mobutu, in the Bangala region we were taught that Zaire then had only two national language, namely Lingala and French. In the Bangala region people don't care about Swahili, kikongo, or Tshiluba they see these them as mere tribal languages
Listen to yourself. You probably was not listening well in class, and you were probably failing often. Since when French is a national language in Congo/Zaire? Never! Where did you go to school Dear? probably your teachers forgot something. My friend, even before Mobutu with his dictatorships of imposing lingala in the army, Congo has always 4 bigger regional languages. Even Mobutu used to speak a little swahili like greetings, especially, when delivering a national speech.
Why are you laying. So Bangala school system was different from the rest of Congo? Because everywhere we were taught that we had 4 national languages. Even on national TV the news would be broadcast in the 4 national languages
@@congoukwelimao4884 Lol I was not falling often, in fact I always come first or second in my class. You guys down south need to understand that the country is much bigger than just Kikongo and Tshiluba. Bakongo and Baluba are a mere tribe, and your languages are better be kept for you only. We in the north we love Lingala and of course our individual mother tongues.
@@africaine4889 have you ever lived in the Bangala region? If you really think Tshiluba, Swahili and kikongo are national languages pack your bags and travel up north central and north west. You are gonna be shocked I tell you
@@benedictiongarcon8468 yes I have actually. And I know what is thought at School. Kongo have 4 national languages does not mean that each Congolese speak 4 national languages. Use the brain that God gave you. I am a Luba and and most of people in Ksai do not speak lingala. But a lot speak swahili
The problem is not the Congolese but Mobutu who's ideology was to divide the Congolese to be able to rule forever; (ethnic division). Also, it's because of those who want to be superior to others. However, it is a whites plan to consume the resources of the country by dividing people, (started during colonisation till now).
If Mobutu didn't push lingala we would be tribalistic and french would be the language that unites us. No countries outside of african have tribes and those that did forced one culture one language system, this to ensure that we all consider ourselves Congolese before whatever tribe we are. You are hating Lingala yet not horrified that congolese people would rather speak a language that is not even from congo (Swahili). I bet you guys would still complain if it was Tshiluba vs Swahili because not all congolese people are baluba, yet swahili is not a tribal language to congolese tribes.
@UCHB_idpApSxMzgMjRVizCPQ Lingala is primarily spoken in the western parts of the DRC and in Northwestern Congo. Swahili on the other hand in the predominant language of East Africa. Also, one of the reasons whites are able to divide us is because we do not have a strong national identity. We identify based on our tribes first before country. Isn't it important we all communication under a language that can be found in Congo only, instead of French or Swahili?
I disagree in fact Mobutu's plan was the opposite to your claim. He actually united us linguistically wise all Congolese know about this, but he did deceive us in a way. He used his own people for his personal gain.
There are 2 Congo, the Republic of Congo which Brazzaville doesn't speak Swahili, but in the Democratic Republic of Congo the former Zaïre, do speak Swahili, in the eastern part of the country and the southern part.
Hiya me again love your videos 👏🏾👏🏾 Appreciate the information I was just wondering the difference between Swahili and Kiswahili? I have 2 daughters from a Congolese man and would like them to know their fathers tongue.
That s very nice for you to help your daughters learn one part of their culture. You may also find out where their dad come from so that they can know their specific tribe or ethnic group. If I know their name I can guess their are ethnic group bcse some names are specific to a specific ethnic but some are in many ethnic group.It just like when you ear a spanish italian or russian name that how we can tell which tribe they belong to by their name.
Anyone willing to teach me Swahili? My mother has passed away some time ago she was Congolese and now that I have children I would like for them to learn as a part of whom they are.i just think it would be cool to while hopefully making friends?
Your video is pretty interesting. I have never given these language identity a reconciliatory perspective. Am from the East and some how, have always felt that Swahili hasn t been given justice. Even more, sometimes I feel that lingala is overbearing and oppressive. I like the lingala music and that s about it and my view has always been that loving lingala music is comparable to how i love french or english music. When i think of Congo, the west has always been alien, that other side where they speak a different language and have a different way of living...that place I d may be go for a visit but not to live. For once you ve just made me realize that we are in the same boat and regardless of whether one speaks swahili or lingala, we are one people. Meanwhile, many of my friends do not speak lingala and we proud congolese
I like ur topic is very true, as a congalais going in Kinshasa I had a chance to learned Kikongo but I wasn't interest due to the fact I thought it was the tribe's language. But all kids going up in Kinshasa we speak Lingala now I'm older would wish to pay attention to my mother, to learn Kikongo better too that only my regret.
My sister our problem, many of our brothers must be educated. jealousy, language is an integrating factor. I have Somali and Ethiopian friends who often teach me their language. When you consider or speak another's language automatically become familiar with that person.
Question: 1st let me say in my study of indigenous languages of Afraka I have purist leanings, meaning unless absolutely necessary I hate even loan words of outside languages. I would rather when necessary we borrow from a fellow tongue of the Continent of Afraka than IndoEuropean or elsewhere. Also concerning Kiswahili it was selected by the OAU in the 1960's to be the unifying international language of Afraka but people particularly west Afrakanu rejected it. Even in western diaspora in spite of being the language of Kwanzaa ( Furaha Kwanzaa by the way) it was rejected by many Christians claiming it was a muslim language and other afrocentrics on grounds it was too corrupted by arabic. Many others rejected it because it was said it is not a language of the regions where most of those who came through trans atlantic slave trade come from. So considering this past experience brings to the question of what must be considered when unifying by language no matter if Kiswahili, Lingala, or Kikongo. Most languages usually spread based on religious or trade factors, yet not always and it doesn't have to be. I just mentioned this because we must consider human nature and impulses in our selection. So then the questions are: *what tradition(s) does the language support and will help facilitate it's spread? Example: I noticed that in the States Asians may use English for business, school,and sometimes trade but through their marital arts traditions have kept alive Korean and Japanese and so on coupled with the habit of speaking their language at home. Kikongo ( as I have stated here in other comments) or possibly Mbundu can do that Capoeira ( N'golo or Kipura). For Capoeira is one of the main factors facilitating the international spread of Portuguese. Another thing is Kikongo can be used to purify Kiswahili of the corruption of arab loan words for both are Bantu. Also keep in mind that the spread of arabic on The Continent wasn't solely religious but trade as well. Just as Kiswahili spread primarily due to trade. *What is the numerical amount of the body of speakers that already exists? For we don't need to recreate the wheel. * What is the geographical spread of the body of speakers? To my understanding Kiswahili is primarily spoken only in the Eastern Congo border areas and never penetrated the central or the west. So concerning the Congo which is more widespread Lingala or Kikongo (& I mean Kikongo not Creole-Congo called Kituba)? Since we must be international in our thinking it is worth considering how well spread the language is outside of the focus area of the Congo. For we know the most wide spread language of The Continent outside of Afraka is Kiswahili. Yet as for Lingala and Kikongo I'm not sure but it's I would think likely Kikongo. For Lingala just isn't mentioned as much and Congo singers are known and praised throughout the Continent and somewhat in diaspora. This will prove useful in travel when people have a common indigenous language they can use. *A simple practical question is how easy is the language to teach and learn? It's a reason that only Khoikhoi is preserving Khoikhoi. That is not a slight at Khoikhoi and I am not implying that they shouldn't preserve it but simply it's hard as well as what I know of it impractical for use outside their ethnicity. ***Another extremely important practical question is how well equipped is the language for modern scientific technological use? If one is not considering this question I question their validity and seriousness. For we know when observing the state of israel transition from yiddish to modern hebrew they used ancient often obscure terms to construct scientific technological modern terms. As stated previously when this can't be done we should turn to borrowing from other tongues indigenous to Afraka. For example we know through the study of Dogon cosmology that has so captivated the world it is equipped with astronomical terms as well as those that refer to phenomenon on a molecular level. This means it is a good source for scientific terms just as also is Kemetic shown in what has been called Smith and Rhind papyrus as well as others. **Finally my question why are we not listening to our scholars? Specifically as it concerns the Congo, specifically concerning its language and culture(s), why are we not aleast considering Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau? Also of the Congo Theophile Obenga. What of Cheikh Anta Diop of Senegal? What of Nana Bianche Darkwah? What of the many other Afrakani scholars of Afraka and the Diaspora? What of those that sincerely made a life study of preserving us and our culture that dedicated their life, mind, and study to our upliftment? What did they recommend? What did they suggest? What were their instructions? Note the EU has 24 official languages which English,German, French, and Spanish top. English has been declared a must for all passports and is the international language of airports. All the European countries have kept their national languages yet go along with this program. I have never heard Greek complaining about the status of anything nor a Romanian conflicting with the program. They show their capability of unifying by language and make it their business to continue the domination of us. While we are divided by tribalism. Ambala, Ambuun, Angba, Babindi, Baboma, Baholo, Balunda, Bangala, Bango, Batsamba, Bazombe, Bemba, Bembe, Bira, Bowa, Dikidiki, Dzing, Fuliru, Havu, Hema, Hima, Hunde, Iboko, Kanioka, Kaonde, Kuba, Kumu, Kwango, Lengola, Lokele, Lupu, Lwalwa, Mbala, Mbole, Mbuza (Budja), Nande, Ngoli, Bangoli, Ngombe, Nkumu, Nyanga, Pende, Popoi, Poto, Sango, Shi, Songo, Sukus, Tabwa, Chokwe, Téké, Tembo, Tetela, Topoke, Ungana, Vira, Wakuti, Yaka, Yakoma, Yanzi, Yeke, Yela Twa, BaKongo,Mongo, Luba,Lobo,Alur,Kakwa , bickering, can't unifying and don't to speak the others language and unable to preserve their own.
Ummmmm, wake up, WAKE UP, I noticed I got one 'like' on my previous comment and no comment from others. I don't claim to be an expert but presented information based on my studies, personal observations, and experiences, yet no responses. So are we here truly trying to build on indigenous language and culture a well as unify by it's use? We are blessed here with a virtuely free international platform. The sister here who page it is doing a great job let us but it's up to us the viewers to really begin building on the information and platform presented here. So I'm not perfect and don't have all the answer yet I'm just asking does anyone seriously want to built and if so wake up language is extremely important. All non European peoples have been affected directly or indirectly by global white supremacy, yet make a comparison of those strong in their language and those not and more often than not those not suffer greater domination. Japan is a good example. They suffered two atomic bombs when defeated. They initially were not even allowed a standing army. Yet surrendered to U.S. under condition of being allowed two things. 1) control of their education system and 2) to keep their language. With this within 15 years they were known a world market for their electronic products although their products where initially perceived as inferior. Within 35 years U.S. business men here known for taking trips to Japan to study their business model because they because such a strong economic force making way in American markets. We have an opportunity to educate ourselves on a grassroots level using this platform and I have already said language is extremely important. So where y'all at?
Kiswahili penetrated deep up into Maniema which is the center eastern province of the D.R.C with no border to Tanzania. From my observations, Swahili might be the one with a lot of speakers in Congo followed by lingala, Tchiluba, then Kikongo although lingala was imposed to spread by selecting It as the language of the army and promoted in music by the late president Mobutu. So if you know about Congo history, you will notice that if It wasn't for the Belgian to impose lingala in the army after the revolt of swahili-speaking part of the colonial army (Bahuni Revolt), and later the Lumumba assassination, Swahili could have penetrated more than It is now because P.E. Lumumba was a speaker of both Swahili and Lingala. Also, as a speaker of both swahili and lingala, I can testify that there are many words in both lingala and kikongo that are very similar to the words in swahili.
@@congoukwelimao4884 Amani, it's seems you are saying you recommend Kiswahili to be promoted as the first and official language of the Congo. Which is cool. The only thing I would say to that is if that be the case then let's use Kikongo or Lingala to help purify it of arab loan words. As for Lingala and Kikongo let them then be secondary language choices in schools. Just as in the US, where english is official but most schools offer spanish and some french as second language study option. In addition to this as I stated in previous commentary we could use Kikongo or Lingala or maybe Mbundu and previously stated by making it the official language of the art of capoeira. I know many may not understand how the last statement plays a part in the Congo but one must study the history of the art to understand. Another thing is regardless it would preserve that language in a practical function way without disturbing the program of making Kiswahili the official language of the Congo region. I use the term Congo region because in my mind concerning the ideas I put forward I am not speak in terms limited to DRC, but Angola and Rep. Congo as well. Basically central Afraka. Which unified under language creates it's own kind of cultural cohesiveness regardless of political borders. Which would make the region quite a powerhouse, especially considering it's resources.
@@malcolmking5023 I totally agree with you. Don't, even, take the example of the U.S. No, use South African language education system. Most people in S.A, they come out of High school speaking atleast 2 other languages besides english. Yes, all the African languages can work to purify Swahili from borrowed words. Thus, about Capoeira, yes, since It's originate from our people, kikongo can definitely work in that area of arts.
@@congoukwelimao4884 kubali, agreed. We agree and especially about capoeira. That is my dream for I do N'golo or what is more commonly called capoeira angola. I never got into portuguese but it would be great to stop trying to sing in that then translate the terms, songs and stories to Kikongo. I once met a practicianer that says his group is working converting to Kikongo but haven't encountered him again or been able to train with his group. I do know a Mestre of a group out of town that are interested in changing over to an indigenous language, preferably Kikongo. As for Kiswahili I study that( or I am a mwanafunzi) but I'm rusty. Not only because I am self taught alone but I recently was planning to travel and so I sent all my Swahili study materials ( dictionaries and phrase booklet) ahead of me then a delay came up. So I am down to checking a few term online every now then and speaking every blue moon by phone with an elder I know that studies by self teaching method as well. Also I am unsure if you ever heard of the combat system known as Kupigana Ngumi but the practicianers (wapigana) use both Kemetic and Kiswahili. The only problem with that is it's only the high ranking practicianers that even have some what of a grasp on either language. My personal goal is to do my part in preserving indigenous language and when I personally master one that will be for my home and inner circle. English I say is just for doing business in english speaking regions. However of course ever so often after mastering an indigenous language I communicate with those that have not.
Le plus grand problème dans le pays c'est son les congolais des Kinshasa il veulent imposer leur langue aux autres, je suis née à Kinshasa je eu au moins la chance de voyage, je parle swahili et lingala
Nimependa ulichosema, watu wetu wote wanahitaji kujumuika pamoja, nilipokuwa huko, mimi Kifaransa nilizungumzwa zaidi ya lugha zote hizo lakini nilitumwa kama Mmarekani, kwa hiyo walishangaa kuwa nazungumza Kiswahili vizuri, Amerika ilikubali. Kiswahili kina lugha ya Kiamerika mwaka 1966, wengi wetu tunazungumza kiswahili, lakini watu wengi wanatoka makabila ya afrika magharibi hivyo kiswahili sio lugha yao na waafrika wengi sana hawakuwahi hata kujifunza kiswahili, mimi naongea kiswahili na Tshiluba kidogo sana ningependa kujifunza yote, kwa sababu ninapanga kujifunza zaidi (Babaatu Byauwamba)
Consider this perspective, somebodu is born in the Kivu, tribes around Kivu have cross border relationships with tribes that speak swahili, whatever is imported into Kivu comes from the ports of Mombasa and Daresalam which speak swahili, it is even easier for a Kivuian to get to Nairobi and Daresalam than Kinshasa, most business connection people from Kivu have are East African look at all those perspectives then ask yourself why would somebody from Kivu speak Lingala.
Someone from Kivu would speak Lingala because they're Congolese despite their proximity to other African countries. That being said, my point in this video was not to say that people from Kivu must speak Lingala, you misunderstood my message at that part. Kivu is a Swahili speaking part of Congo, just like Kinshasa is a Lingala speaking part of Congo. My message was to encourage young Congolese people to be interested in learning about their country in all its sides. Thanks
That's exactly my experience. My family was in import export businesses in Kivu with Kenya and Tanzania since the 60's. I often visited East African countries until the war came then I ran to S.A. Funny enough, It's in South Africa that I started learning lingala until I became fluent now in the U.S.
My daughter Felicie,talk about the way other parts of Congo how they treat people from east part of Congo telling them that they are from Rwanda.I m from Bukavu and I have been staying in Kigali for 9months now and I have seen many Rwandans who don’t look like rwandans and have seen many Congolese from many tribes in Congo you will think they are 100% rwandans.We should stop our stupid ignorance
I think the issue with others congolese who are not from the east were fouled by rwandese who were living in western part of congo by claiming that they were from eastern part of congo but in reality they were rwandese so the majority of congolese are confused and really dont know who is rwandese who is not.
@@nkkas7542 Very true! Also, some of the tribes in the east are actually from other east African tribes (babemeba are from Zambia) these tribes consider themselves ethnically congolese when they are not. If you are of East African origin and have lived all your life in Congo then you are Congolese nationality and not Ethnicity.
@@annkaiba3047 no Ba bemba or Bemba people are from Zambia and Congo and both speak the same language ( Chibemba or Kibemba). Unlike Rwandese most Zambians who live in Congo dont claim do be Congolese at all because Zambians are very proud to be Zambians and their soil js rich just as Congo in minerals. Zambia and Congo have same tribes such as Lunda , Chokwe and Bemba
@@nkkas7542 The Bemba belong to a large group of Bantu peoples mainly in the Northern, Luapula, Muchinga, and the Northern part of Central Province of Zambia. Some people mistake the Lambas speaking people of the copper belt who trace their origin from the Luba-lunda kingdom to say they are related to the Bemba of Northern province. The Bemba history is more aligned to the tribes of East Africa.
A Zaireois/Congolese must speak some Lingala to distinguish themselves from a Kenyan or Tanzanian who all speak Swahili. Today, 95% of Congolese can speak one or two words in Lingala, the same cannot be said about Swahili.
WHO LIED TO YOU LIKE THAT? Even in Equateur province there are people who cannot speak lingala in the deep villages. For ex. in Maduo, etc.. let a lone in some other parts of the country. It's look like you have never visited other parts of Congo other than where you are from. ahaaa ahhaaa
Why only Lingala. Speaking Tshiluba or Kikongo will distinguish that person from Kenyans and why do u want to distinguish yourself from Kenyans. We are all Africans. Kenyans also have their own languages beside Swahili
@@africaine4889 Tshiluba is the language of the Luba tribe, so why would a Congolese person speak it to distinguish themselves from Kenyans if they are not Luba? Would you speak my language Zande to prove to others that you are Congolese?
@@benedictiongarcon8468 lingala is only spoken in thr equateur and Kinshasa. Even when u go to Bas Congo people do not speak lingala. The rest of the Congo do not speak Lingsla in Majority.🤷🏾♀️
@@africaine4889 you must not be a true Congolese or you were born and grew outside! Are just playing with me or what? I'm not from Equateur but from Haut Zaire/ Congo and where I'm from people speak Lingala and Bangala which is very similar to Lingala
Here is a briefing: DRC has more than 400 tribes, but people have some language that help as a link whether you're in the North, south east, west or center, to make communication a lot more easier the government decided to vote for those 4 languages among all the dialects, cause they regroup people(north east, east and south-swahili, center- tshiluba, North west, west-kikongo-lingala and in the capital lingala) and will shorten misunderstanding so i'll say that french IS a language that can help you understood wherever you go in Congo.
Swahili would be the ideal language for them considering the fact that they do business with Tanzania,Kenya,Uganda,Rwanda,Burundi,S.sudan which all embrace the language,,and to be safe they also need to incorporate English in their education system
You are speaking very interesting English. The Congolese are fantastic . They speak French and Lingala. Very nice languages. I speak Swahili, English and Arabic. I encourage you too to learn Arabic just to know What Allah says. Allah is not a human being. But He knows everything.
Very true👍🏼 kongo is extremely diverse place in the world. There are over 450 languages spoken in kongo. That just in the DR Kongo. And there 2 kongo. I would like to learn all of them🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Strop trying to force 'Kongo' lol there is only Kongo peoples. The name 'Congo' comes from the Kongo peoples kingdom and nothing to do with the rest of the DRC. DR Kongo😂😂😂😂 absolute clown. Other tribes don't even care for the word Kongo. Stop forcing it.
@@briptz7305 actually they do..sorry. First the all...the word kongo is the original name. If you dont like what I wrote then you shouldnt have responded, as I wasnt talking to you. Force it???? Your not making any sense. If you just want to write something negative just for the sake of it, go some where else.
@@edwigen7245 That guy. He has been attacking everyone. Reading his comments he is half Kongo and Luba Katanga. According to him everything else is fake and irrelevant in DRC🤦🏽♀️
Muana mayele kende liboso musala kitoko makasi 👍👍 I speak kikongo (who is my parents language) and lingala but I can undestand a little swahili. Les gens doivent arrêter de dire, si tu ne parle le lingala tu n'es pas congolais car c'est faux et souvent c'est l'ignorance des certains kinois comme moi même. Le problème est aussi que le swahili une belle langue mais c'est parler dans beaucoup des pays et du coup ça ne donne pas une particularité congolaise mais par contre le lingala identifie la Congolité directement. Je suis tolérant mais pour moi le lingala c'est l'une des belles langues congolaises que je préfère (po ezalaka elengi makasi pe kitoko). Une très belle analyse de la situation. leki na biso wumela! tokoos.
Et les Brazzavillois qui parle lingala? Si vous saviez qu'on peut differencier le swahili du Congo à ce-lui du Kenya et de la Tanzanie? Et puis je ne penses pas que le lingala est la belle langue du Congo, Non! ça donne l'apparence. Vs savez pourqu'oi? Eza pona music. eza pona ndenge ya koyemba ya music ya rhumba Congolaise nde epesa yango elengi.
@@congoukwelimao4884 C'est ton avis mais pour moi le lingala reste une belle langue point barre. Le swahili est aussi une belle langue mais parlé dans beaucoup des pays et ça ne donne pas la particularité congolaise, c'est pourquoi ça ne m'interesse pas vraiment. C'est mon avis.
@@congoukwelimao4884 Pour ton info: le swahili est une langue étrangère mais par contre le kikongo,le lingala et le tshiluba sont des langues purement congolaises. Pour moi le swahili n'a aucune identité congolaise et ça ne réflète aucune congolité
Mon cher compatriote @jeanclaudeM100 , un des problémes que nous avons au Congo est que nous ne nous connaissons, vraiment, pas. Et comme les infrastructures comme des bibliothéques sont présque inéxistant, Il ya risque qu'un jour cette ignorance de sois, àtravers l'autre, nous coutera trop cher. Le Kikongo est parlé au Congo (dans les provinces du Kongo central et de Kinshasa), en république du Congo (dans le sud-ouest jusqu'à Brazzaville), et au sud du Gabon. Le Lingala est parlé au Congo (Kin, Nord -Ouest, etc.) Le Tshiluba est parlé au Kasai et en Angola. Malgré tout ce-ci, en quoi est-ce-que vous classifiez le swahili comme langue étrangère ? Je trouves que c'est par ignorance des faits par bcps des gens.
Laisse-moi vous informer qu'à Uvira dont Stanley écrivais (Ouvira) les gens parle Swahili dépuis la fin du 17 èm siécle (avant l'arrivé des Arabes), et les langues de cette contré-là ont participés aux mixages de langues du quel est née le Kingwana puis le Swahili. Maintenant en quoi est-ce que vs classifiez la langue sécondaire des ethnies et tribus réconnu comme Congolais authentique de "langue étrangère"? Aussi, est-ce-que vs savez qu'avant que le Swahili s'expende dans tout ces pays, au paravant le Swahili était parlé que dans cette contré-là du Congo, la grande partie de la Tanganyika et Zanzibar puis la partie du cote de Kenya seulement? Réference: Les Bavira du Sud-Kivu (RDC): Histoire, culture (Pg 234 -237) Vs pouvez aussi lire les notes des Bourton et Speke, et des Arabes.
You're definitely a mukongo. KiSwahili is a poetic language, and way richer than lingala. I'm from Katanga, a Muhemba. Yes Rwandans call Ugali, Ubugari and in Katangan Swahili we call it Bukari doesn't mean we are Rwandan. It's just due to historical trading of the Lake Taganyika people.
We like all AFRICAN LANGUAGES but SWAHILI BEST fits all of AFRICA. Remember that this language is a media of communication in more than 15 countries in AFRICA.
@@nikowabantu6216 Well do u mind doing your self a favor.. go to Google do a research about Atlantic Slaves trade... that was happening in west afrika... after that come back and tell me the if weren't a Kongo empire among those western Kingdoms ... thnx and have a Lovely day
Important point my sister I really loved it, this should be stopped for really, when I heard you are talking its remind me so many things I passed trough when I got here in united state. I started go at school in high school and met A lot of Congolese there and I was so happy that I wont ndugu zangu na sitahangahika kivile, but when they hear I cant speak Lingala oooohhh even any project that we will do about our cauntry I will probably do myself and they do their together while saying they from Congo Brazzaville and I am from Congo Kinshasa so we cant do things together so I was like wowwww!!! and that not all...... we are one love guys, we suppose to love each other.
U like most Wakongomani, you speak flawless English. Did you grow up in Kenya? Kiswahili is spoken in eastern DRC while the legendary Lingala is associated with Kinshasa.
mwitaliano ambae anaongea kiswahili hapaaa, kweli nadhani kiswahili kinavutia sana kwa sababu mara nyingi kwa mfano natazama video mbalimbali nasikiliza kiswahili kinachozungumzwa na wakongo, wakenya, watanzania... Inavutia sana kusikiliza lugha hii, nawaza kiswahili cha wakongo, wakenya, watanzania kuna tofauti sana lakini nakipenda sana daima
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I'm from Eastern of Congo and i speak the most spoken laguage in DRC and Africa, swahili...that help me travel in many countries
I speak Swahili and I’m Congolese I’ve personally questioned if I’m “Congolese enough” because I speak Swahili but I’m thankful that I’m learning Lingala step by step
Way to go!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
No! Don't give in to those harassments of lingala speaking plz! kua fière na kuongea Kiswahili. Don't learn lingala because of bullies! I think that is a bad reason to learn. Waswahili tunatakiwa kujishimama eko.
I wish to learn lingala too though I am a Kenyan. It sounds like my tribal language called Kikamba. We say NZAMBA but we mean Cock (male hen) MBULA is a name of a female. MBOKA is soup. To you is home.. ha ha ha
@@mutomubaya mboka could also mean group because our village lives in group. The Africans actually started "it takes a village to raise a child concept"
Me too NAKUPENDA 😌😘
I’m Congolese and I don’t evn speak Lingala or Swahili.. I speak 🗣 Chiluba
Betwabu 🙌🏾🙌🏾🤩
eyowaaaaa
@@CongoTalks243Betu muabana
The unity of Congo is the Unity of Africa - we are one
Bless you because everyone on the planet listens to lingala
We need people like you my sister, people who advocate for unity and how to embrace our diverse African culture, not divisions. It's just unfortunate that we lack peaolple like you in Africa generally. Your are a nice youtuber and intelligent too, I am following you from now on.
I am 100% Congolese, I speak Swahili us my first language and Olso speak Lingala us a second official louange., Little bit of my mother’s dialect and my father ‘s dialect . On top of that I speak French, Kirundi, and I am learning English too .
Thank you yaya , na ba leçon Oza kosala, Mungu akubariki sana❤
Lingala, Swahili , Kikongo, and Tshiluba Unites = Congo !
greeting from Indonesia
Please family, for the good of our country, let's truly be interested in knowing what makes us Congolese! No Congolese is more Congolese than another and no Congolese language is better or worse than another. Let's treat each other as individuals, we can agree and disagree respectfully on things that actually matter. Preach love! Preach tolerance! We have one thing in common and that is Congo!! Please let's get our focus straight. #onelove
This is so true, I’m a swahiliphone and you have inspired me to learn Lingala! Good points
@@chrismpoyo7241 Amazing! I'm glad!
Hey sista,Truly we really have this kind of Sickness by Loving our Language or Tribe,so we put others for only this Reasons,but my Believe says'Tribe Proudness'its Smell Bad just like ToiletShit.Tupendane kama watu wamoja.uKabila haujengi Nchi💕💟💖
remember we have more than 400 something dialect are they forgotten? or just abandoned ? you can not flex nature right?
Swahili was imposed on Kongolese due to slave trade , it was the language spoken by tippu tip. It is a foreign language
I think this is something that European put inside of us, tribalism must end
It must end!
African tribes were always fighting each other before Europeans came. It's a mistake to think that all of our problems is the result of Europeans coming to Africa
@@benedictiongarcon8468 You have to read more books about the destruction of black civilization.
I’m happy to hear from African youth loving their country ✊
Karibu Tanzania 👊
Thank you for watching! Asante
@@CongoTalks243 Natokea Tanzania napenda sana kujifunza kilingala .
@@Ndu-wa.uroony2 Mimi ni mswahili wa kivu kusini ila sijuwi Lingala wacongo wa ongeya Lingala wana semaka kama mimi siii mcongo kwasababu si ongeyi Lingala na French yngu ni fake eti mimi ni mtanzania ao murundi
In Kenya 🇰🇪 we love Lingala but also wish that Congolese will learn Swahili so that most of East Africans can get to interact with them. My Dads generation grew up listening to Lingala Music even though they didn't understand the language. Some of our most popular musicians are of Congolese decent. and they sing perfect Swahili.
Swahili is actually one of Congo’s national languages and there is a big part of Congo that speaks Swahili, although it’s a little different to Kenyan Swahili. 😊
Hi. Kindly follow 1.Pammy Ramz & 2.Rebecca Soki Kalwenze.
They are big here and are Congolese. You will love there music.
Mimi hapa ni mtu wa kivu, ila naongea Kiswahili kizuri kuliko wakenya wengi. Tuki kutana nao uwa wananishangaa kwasababu hawajui kwamba Congo tunaongea Kiswahili. Wako misinform na muziki wa Congo. ahaaaaaa
@Tom chibe Ndiyo! njo maana natumiaka, surtout, ba artists ba mu regions zakuongea Kiswahili mfano Innoss'B, Alka Mbumba, na ba journalists ba ma media en ligne ba Katanga bakuwe naongea Kiswahili mingi kuliko ma lingala baki kua Katanga,Kivu ao Prov Oriental kuliko ma lingala lingala. Batu bako moins-informés saana kuhusu Kiswahili cha Congo.
@Tom chibe Wacha kusema, ongea/zungumza Kiwahili :)
I love your thinking and marturity in tackling this issue. I'm South African and my language is IsiZulu (Zulu), but I also speak SeSotho, IsiXhosa, Tsonga, Setswana and Afrikaans. I also speak a bit of KiSwahili. I'm proudly African🙂
The worst ones are those who speak "Francais" they think that they're better than other Congolese people speaking their native languages like Lingala, Kikongo, Tshiluba, etc
Exactly
the worst ones are those think and act badly;and bluntly portray hate to anyone different from them. There are Francais Congolese community in our country, they deserve just as much dignity and respect as anyone. Acting rude to them is unacceptable behavior.
UBORA WA LUGHA NI MAWASILIANO, KWA HIVYO KILA LUGHA INA UBORA NA UMUHIMU WAKE KATIKA JAMII ZETU.BAKONGO KARIBUNI AFRIKA MASHARIKI. TUNAWAPENDA SANA.
@@in.edieudonnesworld3167 french is not a congolese language, it should be banned from congo.
@@brrrzmechbonime read my comment again. It's not the language but the pessimist behaviors thrown at those different from you. French is a Congolese language. It's part of our history. It's an official language here. We study in french and we speak french at work. Again this language is the last of the problems congo has. French actually helps unite the western and eastern side of Congo. They both don't want learn each other's language, history and culture for some reason. This is where the work is. Apparently Africans are extremely tribalist, even the best of our kids are to the point exclusion of anything that isn't you. That's not the World I'm fighting for. You all just as weird as yfolks. You will be conquered. I mean look at Congo. A total mess and failure of organization.
I am Kenyan and I speak both Kiswahili and Lingala fluently. I think both languages are so beautiful. I feel so privileged that I can speak the languages that are very widely spoken in this region.
Nice...also a kenyan who wants to learn Lingala for the love of Rhumba
You're so beautiful! I love hearing about things like this, and learning a bit about the current culture. 🙂 I'm excited to be a new subscriber! I can't wait to learn more.
Sending lots of love from America! ☆
I was born somewhere in Congo in a shwalili speaking enviroment but I grew up in kinshsa it makes me happy because today I can speak both lingala and swahila fluently
Nice! I’m trying to learn Swahili now and maybe i will try and learn Kikongo in the near future. Only time will tell.
I can relate to your story, i was born and raised in a swahili environment now in Kinshasa, i learn another language, and learn to appreciate different culture and mentality. WE all are congolese, we should learn to love each other no matter where we're from😘
iam so impressed by you way of understanding thank you
I m from South Kivu,I was in Kigali in a beauty salon 2018 and met this Rwandan lady and she was speaking Lingala more than many of us.You are 110% correct.People are proud of nonsense rather than defending the entire nation.Stupid for me
Indeed! We need to defend the whole country!
I love your point of view on this matter. I am on the same journey as well. I can speak Swahili and Lingala (50%). I want to learn some Kikongo and Kiluba. Our country is amazing. We are blessed with so many tribes and dialects, our differences and similarities are what make our country unique 🖤🙏🏾🇨🇩
Keep it up with these amazing contents 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for your kind input. It's really time we start putting what we have to good use. Diversity is a good thing, we don't need to fight it. Thanks once again 🇨🇩🇨🇩🖤
It's not just Congolese only even here in Kenya we believe so.The biggest Congolese export to other African countries is music which is 90% in Lingala language. This has made us believe that every muana mboka Kongo should speak fluent Lingala.
Lingala is definitely more widely spoken than any other national language in Congo currently. But it is no proof for being Congolese. I would excuse you guys from outside of Congo for thinking that because it’s coming from curiosity/not knowing. But Congolese people should know better. 😇
Swahili did not start in the Kongo , swahili is a foreign language but spoken in the Kongo due to the slavery of tippu tip
@@kongo289 so what your point we should kick Swahili away is what you want to say
@@proudlyafrican6043 yes , it is a foreign language used to slave us
@@kongo289 ❤️
Thank u! Great to hear as european something from congo! not much is talked here abt congo.
Thank you sister for raising this divisive point. The truth is the majority of Congolese who speak either Lingala or Swahili get on very well. However, this narrative of Lingala vs Swahili vs Kikongo vs Tshiluba is the stealthy work of people who, in the last 20 years, have engaged in a crusade for the total destruction of our beloved country. Throughout our painful history, our cultural and linguistic diversity have been the key ingredient for our togetherness. We have survived the slave trade, western colonialism and neocolonialism. We will overcome the current campaign which is an attempt to destroy us as a people and take away our lands. In proclaiming our Congoleseness we also accept our cultural and linguistic diversity. If anything we should be even louder about who we are. I support what our Sister of CongoTalks243 is doing. This is a struggle for our survival.
Absolutely! Our diversity is part of our wealth and nobody should tell us any different. We have to understand that none of the people who make divisive statements have our best interests at heart.
You make a very good point. Congolese people you are all equal. In Switzerland for example, people speak French, German Italian, and Romansh.All of these 4 are national languages of that country. In DRC, why can you not all speak at least 2 national languages? Maybe, more people know Lingala. That is ok.Then they have to learn only one other language, either Kikongo , or kaluba or Kiswahili. Be fair to everybody.
Mainly German in Switzerland .
French only by 20%of swiss population
This is such a hard task to suggest only two of 'em when the country has more than 400 different tribes, imagine ! So voting for only 4 is the most effort WE can barely agree on.
kaluba? Are u serious?
Absolutely right some people they be like if you don't speak this two languages lingala and French you're not Congolese and it really make me upset....Even thought when I meet a Congolese and ask me what language do you speak I feel shy to say I speak Swahili coz of what you said 😍😍
Never feel shy to say you speak Swahili! It is not foreign to Congo!
Putting national identity on the ability to speak the language of arguably the most brutal oppresors is just crazy
This is so helpful. Thank you!
Congolese should embrace their local languages, it is their last line of defense. Mother tongue is always the line of defense. I love my mother tongue...meru in Kenya, besides I am good in swahili, English and other local languages. Am now trying to learn lingala. I wish I were good enough.
kiekeiekie... one day .. Black people will learn how to understance and trace their languages origines...it's so sad
Lingala is always Northern DRC. Kinois just speak broken lingala mixed with kikongo and French
@Y'allgotaNZOL really !!! Give me some example of Portuguese please
Exactly but people want to act like they are superior 😂😂
Thanks for enlightening us; as always, it was insightful 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Pleasure is all mine ❤️❤️
i speak tshiluba, swahili and lingala. now i'm learning english. and after that , i have some project about kikongo.
Are u a native Swahili speaker from DRC?
I am starting not to like Swahili due to the fact that it has too many Arabic words.
To my best of knowledge Tanzanians speak swahili in it most original Form but even theirs is drenched in Arabic.
I think that since Tanzania and Kenya are situated on the coast and exposed to Arab and non African influence in the past than most Swahili groups then it will be better for me to look in to more land locked Swahili speaking countries like Uganda and and DRC with less Arab influence.
So I need to learn the most adulterated Form of Swahili.
You're the type of congolese who should inspire others. Really appreciate that😘
Wow and here it is I work with a lot of Congolese people and I'm an African American woman whose first language is English🤦🏾♀️ geez... Idk it was those type of problems on language.... I am actually fascinated that they can speak those many languages and to have a whole conversation and to switch between the languages.... it just blows me away. It's not that many AA on our shift but they embrace us and we do the same.... I'm glad I'm in a place where we can learn from each other.... currently learning French and I can understand some terms in Lingala but it's a well deserved learning process.... ✊🏾🖤👑💯
The problem is not just the language
The western and central Congolese are known for looking down on eastern Congolese
As an eastern Congolese , I have experienced that attitude from western and central Congolese even here in USA
I’m 100 % native Congolese from bembe tribe but they still treat me as I’m not one of them once they here me speaking Swahili or when I tell them I’m eastern Congolese they always give me a side eye
Our country will never go anywhere
If we don’t respect each other’s cultures and love each other
@@nikowabantu6216ba buzoba na bino wana bo memaka yango bipai nionso te.
I'm from Katanga. Niko Muhemba. Historically east Congo was has ties to Tanzania, Sudan. We don't speak Lingala. Swahili is nice and smooth in speaking. Lingala is nice language too.
Lol same to us also we find lingala smooth in speaking than Swahili then have u ever seen where Sudan is located to write that you assimilate
@@dannguru6054 nah swahili is the best.
I speak Swahili and lingala and I love those two languages they are beautiful
We should speak Swahili and lingala as officials languages
Where did u learn swahili?
I think people have this type of argument around the world, especially now since native languages or indigenous languages are coming back into fashion. As an American who can't speak Lingala or Swahili, I feel fully qualified to weigh in on this debate. I joke. I've looked into learning both at one time, and I've found Lingala more beautiful to my ears, but not by much. They are both beautiful languages. I once asked a Congolese person if she spoke Lingala, and she said, "What's that?" Damn shame.
Each congolese should master one, and know a little about each 4 languagues (Lingala, Kiswahili, kikongo & Tshiluba). But each one should also know its own Tribal language.
and thats exactly how it should be
Strange , I'm kenyan but I struggled to learn Lingala because am a natural Swahili speaker. But what surprised me is that when I first got to DRC in 2017 and was speaking Lingala some of our local staff were not happy, they would always tell me "Lingala est une langue trés impoli" , and I couldn't understand why!
That's colonial legacy for you, friend. It is very annoying to witness but it's there.
I love Lingala but I didn’t grow up around it.And I’m often called a fake Congolese😂
I usually find that people who speak Lingala look down on others that don’t because they usually make comments like “you don’t know your language or how are you Congolese and not speak Lingala” this irritates me because I’m from Goma and as far as I know we speak Swahili
It makes no sense because most Congolese people live in the diaspora & therefore have very different lived experiences.I just wish we appreciated our own diversity instead of glorifying differences that sow seeds of division
@@annkaiba3047 I thought being Congolese is a nationality not an ethnicity.
@@annkaiba3047 i agrée with your definition of ethnicity. Let’s assume that the order is as follows Nation- ethinicity- tribe- clan-family.
It is important to keep in mind that Uganda and Rwanda are not ethnicities but nations therefore one can not be ethically Ugandan or Rwandese.
Additionally, when boarders were drawn across Africa in 1885 to divide the contient amongst colonizing nations African tribal or ethnic boarders were not taken into account. Meaning you can find people of the same ethnic group at different sides of the border.
Take for instance how the Hausa ethnic group in west Africa which spreads out between Nigeria, Niger, Togo Ghana, Burkina Faso & Chad amongst others.
To your point about the “bayamulenge” I agree but let’s keep in mind that the Rwandese that fled to DRC after 1994 were tribal Hutus some refugees and others were rebels fleeing prosecution for their crimes.
If we go back to my point earlier about 1885, it is clear that prior to the conflicts that brought these Rwandan to DRC that ethic and tribal groups pre existed on both sides of the boarder in the Great Lakes Region.
Like French which is one of DRC’s official language , Swahili was brought to Congo from the eastern coast due to our close proximity & that fact that these were trading routes. This is why Swahili is now one of the most spoken languages in DRC especially in populous cities in eastern Congo like Goma and Bukavu
Swahili is Not native to Congo so that’s why probably
@@annkaiba3047 you are being misleading. “As for tribes that exist in multiple countries,
the solution is simply erasing all tribes or
ethnic practices and implement a congolese
ethnicity for those whose parent come from
the lands of congo and congolese nationality
for those whose parents come from other
countries.” Idk what this means but it needs clarification also Ugandan and Rwandan is not an ethnicity that is a very ignorant and Eurocentric thing to say in Rwanda you have Tutsis, Hutus and Twa pygmies and in Uganda you have 30 or more ethnic groups indigenous to Uganda and this is recognized internationally and that statement “Africa is no longer a Continent with tribes” who said this? No serious or credible person says this. Pre colonial Congo was made of different tribes, nations and kingdoms and not all of them were influenced by the kingdom of Congo the kingdom of congo in modern Democratic Republic of Congo only comprised of modern day congo central and western Bandundu region. Sure lingala was made in Congo but it is not native to eastern congo or south congo. There is a reason why lingala of Kinshasa is different than the lingala of Equator because a again lingala came from the Bobangi language which is native to north west Congo and Kinshasa lingala is influenced by French, Kikongo & Swahili. Lingala spread because Belgians wanted to spread the Bobangi language to other indigenous Congolese people and it worked because most languages in Congo are Bantu and that includes Swahili plus Mobutu wanted to use lingala to unite us because in the 60s we were divided. Mobutu also comes from north west Congo so lingala was ok for him. People in east Congo defend Swahili because Swahili is a popular language in east Congo and like the last person said Swahili was in proximity to them. Stop this division and ignorance. Saying people from east Congo are questionably Congolese because of East African migration is the same logic people say about about people from congo central AKA Bascongo & Bandundu that we are questionably Congolese because of Angolan immigration or north Congolese, where lingala come from, are questionably Congolese because of Central African Republic and Sudanese immigration and people from Kinshasa are not safe because of migration from west Africans in the 70s. Immigrations make a very small portion of Congo like one percent. Educate yourself.
@@annkaiba3047 wow 🤦🏿♂️first you call people Rwandans because it’s their nationality not ethnicity it’s I’m not going to elaborate anymore on this because you are showing that you don’t care about your lack of nuance on that specifically. “Europe and Asia had tribes, but were
smart enough to amalgamate themselves
into combined nations. Yet, the Africans
with their prideful tribes can't even communicate with their country's men.” First Europe and Asia are not Africa and not all Europeans or Asians try to base their ethnicity and Nationality the same for example Belgium and Switzerland both recognized that people they are diverse and ethnic groups in their area are indigenous to the country and for Russia even though there is such thing as ethnic Russians they recognize that non ethnic Russians are still indigenous to Russia. In Asia for example india who has over 800 ethnic groups recognize that all of the people who were in India prior to colonialism are Indians they work things out despite ethnic rivalries. Also Why should African people abide by the rules of A lot of Europeans and Asians they need to handle it among themselves I’m starting to think that people who hate eastern Congolese people are agents of white supremacy and Eurocentrism. “ Shona, yoruba, Nyanja and bemba are also
bantu languages, should we also adapt
them?” 🤣 Yoruba is not Bantu and Shona and Nyanja are not spoken in Congo prior to or during European colonialism seriously please I beg you educate yourself. Also what about ethnic groups like the chewa people of Zambia they are believed to come from Congo should they get removed from Zambia and come to back DRC authenticity of who is Congolese? Should we remove all Bantus from Congo because technically they came from the north because last time I checked the only aboriginal people of Congo are pygmies. You are not making sense. “Besides contributing to the long list of 200+
indigenous languages we already have,
what has French and Swahili contributed to
the common Congolese folks. What is the
use of 200+ languages when a Congolese
person from the south cannot communicate
with one in the west.” French is the reason why Congolese from east, west, North, Central and south can communicate lol. Whom Swahili: Laurent Kabila is loved by money Congolese people east or west he was a Swahiliphone, Swahili is used in many Congolese Christian music along with other languages and they do just fine & you cannot say Congolese Christian musicians are not important they are very important to Congolese people and other Africans. Hmm Innoss ‘B secular Congolese musician from Goma, Congo list goes on and even if I didn’t list these Swahili speaking Congolese people are still legit because it doesn’t matter what you say experts are on their side. That Mexico example was ridiculous Mexico doesn’t speak English because one Spanish is the dominant and official language in Mexico and the indigenous National languages that it recognized don’t have that much influence as Swahili and lingala has in Congo because those languages in Mexico have been suppressed for 300 years. Democratic Republic of Congo was a Belgian colony for only between 75 & 90 years and lingala, coming from the Bobangi language, was put on others so Belgians can understand and rule over Congolese people. Swahili was dominant in east Congo already when Belgians colonized Congo and they used that to also dominate over Congolese people in the east. See two different things you cannot compare Mexican history to Congo history in that context lol. People do speak Arabic in Persia aka Iran it is just a minority and Iran is more homogeneous than Congo and it’s been like that for 3000 years lol. Congo does not have the same history. You can encourage people to speak Lingala without being an asshole about it the Congolese in the east congo could be more open to lingala if west Congolese would stop acting like they are monopoly of Congolese culture and being bullies. If we are all Congolese we find solutions together not one side ruling for the other because of some Mobutu nostalgia 🤦🏿♂️ ok Swahili in Congo is associated with slave trade that is not good but guess what lingala spread throughout Congo by Belgians with the intention to oppress us plus there was already slave trade in west of Congo to the Americas before Belgians came through so are we just going to pick & choose because and be bias. All of those things were bad but we acknowledge it and try to do better not have selective hearing. This It is also common knowledge that half of “east Congo are fully east Africans, unlike
the west Africans that integrated into the
common faces of Kinshasa” is a stupid conspiracy theory not a common knowledge and I knew you will bring this up because you are those people who will believe everything you here and what is a full East African a lot of East Africans are Bantus you especially the East Africans who come to Congo & they do integrate in societies in east Congo in Goma, Bukavu, Lumbubashi and more if they stay there a lot of them go to Kinshasa too just like the Angolans who come to Congo you are so bias and lack self awareness. Are half of Congolese in bascongo and bandundu Angolans and of course you will repeat the we are the same people but east congo can’t do that because some politician, family member or Journalist with no integrity of credibility but conspiracies that you trust with no questioning said so. Ignorance oyo eza makasi boye pona nini? And no I don’t believe BaSwahili is a real tribe just like bangala is not a real tribe. The nande, bemba and lubgara have been in both congo and those other countries you mentioned if they are not to you who would be native to those areas of congo? The bema also interacted with the Kongo and Luba people before colonization don’t be ignorant "Bemba | Joshua Project". Joshua Project. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ Ethnographic Survey of Africa: East-Central Africa, Parts 1-4, International African Institute, 1950, p. 80
^ "The illusive role of the Chitimukulu as the chief executive of the Bemba people and tribe," Lusaka Times published 20 May 2016.
^ "Bemba | people". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
^ a b Winston, Robert, ed. (2004). Human: The Definitive Visual Guide. New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 423. ISBN 0-7566-0520-2. The banyamulenge are the only one who are suspicious because it’s not fully known when they came to DRC or the territory of what we know today is DRC and that are not the same as the banyarwanda of north kivu those came is the 1930s. Idk what Mashi is I looked it up and it didn’t say anything about mashi claiming to be Congolese are you making stuff up now? There is a tribe called the shi people of south kivu and they are native to Congo they live in Walungu, kabare, Mwenga Uvira and are majority in Bukavu along with the hunde people but you probably didn’t know that because you want to believe your stupid fantasies. Just about all tribes in east Congo know their tribe name they don’t call themselves Ba Swahili that is what west Congolese call them you are making stuff up lol. You are acting like the territory of what is now DRC was like that before colonization and you are only rooting for south west Congo. You clearly just don’t like people from east Congo and you will believe anything to prove it. Congolese people need to come together as one but in Congo terms and that includes all tribes that are listed in congo who were in the territory prior to colonization either get with the program are go establish a country somewhere else congo will be fine with or without you. I’m done responding to you because anything you say next sounds like some paranoid fool who will believe anything on WhatsApp go get therapy because the problem is not east Congo the problem is you and your fantasies of stupidity.
Asante sana, Kiswahili kitukuzwe!
The language is national heritage just like the things ppl have built in the past, or painted, or left behind from past. It is contributing to the richness of your culture as a country! Treasure them all!
Ahsante sana, merci mingi, I love you young sister.
Melesi mingi
I think one big thing with Swahili is the issue going on in Eastern Congo and because of that Swahili has a negative light. I come from the North of Congo where Lingala originated and i understand that a lot of people don’t like Lingala because during colonisation it was a language colonisers chose to use to preach the bible in, in order to colonise and thats one of the reasons why it spread. I hope Congolese people do what South Africans do a lot of SA people i know can speak a lot of languages regardless of their ethnic backgrounds and i think it’ll be cool for us to know many languages to connect to our fellow Congolese people and neighbours. The conflict between languages however was purposely created by the belge before they left so that Congo never thrives. I do hope though that Congo never loses a single language or if people want to call it creole in the country and that as a country they protect every language and make sure it doesn’t die because these languages carry history and culture. I also hope that they would make dictionaries for every language in Congo so its easier for people to learn languages outside their ethnic groups or for people like me who are born abroad can learn their ethnic languages. I speak lingala and French i intend to learn swahili as of next year and would love to learn Kimongo which is my ethnic language as well as tshiluba because a lot of my closet family friends are luba and i love them to bits but there are no resources.
All Congolese Welcome to Tanzania 🇹🇿 home of SWAHILI, swahili is all over Tanzania and we are so proud of it
Just came across this vid, while researching about Lingala. You got nice views about your country's culture. We all must respect each other's choice of language and try to learn them too.
Lingala romantic language. The best congolese and African language. 🇨🇩, 🇨🇩
Lingala is no where near romantic language it a very aggressive language that why they use it in the army than any other languages I would say Kikongo is romantic and Swahili from Tanzania is very sexy and romantic
I am Tanzania and I love Lingala but at the same time, in Tanzania without Swahili will be speaking 143 different languages. They are both banks language and african
I’m tired of these bangala people telling me I’m not Conglese because I don’t speak lingala or French. Mindless. They have to grow up. French?
Me too I always be shy to say that I’m Congolese because of those western Congolese,They keep telling me that I’m not Congolese because I only speak Swahili and English damn 😢
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
It was from clonial era that creat Lingala, Swahili and Tshiluba as national language, before more than 300 language existed but were close each other according to the region
@@djuakalisubwakeli170 . Bunch of traitors
@@ggbooy8395 in fact most people from Kin mistake "swahili" speaker as a tribe. Not at all, in eastern DRC several tribes speak swahili as adopted language but each one have there own native tongue. The tribe called "mu-swahili" dont exist. The Luba, the Basongye, the Lega, the Lunda... all speak swahili as adopted language.
Nothing but facts strong sister, what you said about the tribalism. The question is, me as a foreign black person planning to visit the motherland, DRC, hopefully to reside long term, which language is common in every part of the country that every1 could understand fluently no matter which part of the country you in, in Congo?
I suggest you learn Lingala. It’s spoken or understood a bit everywhere in the country.
@@CongoTalks243 I will thank you kindly for your suggestion. Appreciate you
But if you come to east especially south kivu many people don’t speak Lingala. We only speak Swahili and lil bit French
It all depends on what part you want to go
@@nikowabantu6216 Oh this is very good infomation brother, thank you kindly. Appreciate it
You should just learn French and u can speak to anyone in any region 🤣 honestly speaking
As someone who’s not Congolese I have a question… why not just embrace these 4 beautiful national languages and kick out French entirely? I think many patriotic Congolese can agree a European language should have no significant place in the structure of the DRC
The problem is that french was the language congolese people have been colonized with and it's most used at school, administration and sometimes in public places, and for some reasons people still consider it as a sign of someone who is highly educated. And foremost, it easier to speak french with our other African francophone...so banning it will put a barrier communication. But congolese people speak most fluent french among all African francophone 😘
As a congolese person I always tought to get rid of french
Nothing wrong with them speaking French, it's part of our History, it's part of who we are now. Languages don't belong to anyone. French doesn't belong to France. Lingala doesn't belong to Congolese and Swahili doesn't belong to Tanzania.
@@in.edieudonnesworld3167 From my American point of view, your statement would make sense if France and DRC had an amicable past, a few if not many people would agree that most European languages spoken in non-European regions on this planet are a result of colonialism, the DRC included. I don’t know how the Congolese majority feel about their colonial past with Belgium and would love to learn more.
Regarding belonging to a country, I agree no country has possession over a language but there definitely is an origin that needs to be acknowledged and respected. All I’m saying is even though France has a relationship (albeit a horrid one) with the DRC they would never in a million years change the official language to Lingala so why hold on to the French language at such a high level within the Congolese government?
@@VinitoWilliams As you said you need to learn more.
Make a playlist of Swahili
Tell us please. I speak both Swahili and Lingala and few of Kikongo and I feel good about that. But we need one language to unite us because languages limit us a lot. My first time in Kinshasa I was a total stranger because I didn't know Lingala but Swahili. And in east we used to consider those who speak Lingala like they are bandits or soldiers
I wanna make Swahili my second African language after lingala.
I wanna make it my third!
@@CongoTalks243 wow mwana mwasi! okoki koloba munoko mibale tii ekoma misato, bravo. En tous cas, ezali mpenza malamu mpo na yo. Swahili ezali mpe na litomba mosusu. Ezali munoko kolobama presque Afrique nisso. Nga pe nakoma na niveau koleka koloba munoko mingi. Nabandela na Swahili sikoyo.
Now swahili is know as a only one language to unit Africa. I was at point to learn lingala but since this swwhilisation of Africa and all black people, I think it's nonsense to continue to discuss lingala and swahili. Swahili is taught actually across in the world UK, USA, South Africa, tanzanie, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Somali, and all southern Africa contains. I'm Congolese but at now swahili is the only greatest language in Africa. I will only learn it. I'm sure those dialect as lingala, tchiluba, kikongo will be lived at the time because are used only in congo.
I'm in Canada when we say lingala no one know it. But swahili every one know as an African language.
@@vnkjproduction7898 I will help you to learn
there is no better and beautiful language than Lingala in this world.
NIce discussion ,at least as somone who doesnt know too much about it .I love listening to LIngala music but dont really understand what the words mean unless I look them up .Swahilli I know some (lived in Kenya 4 years) .I was surprised when I was in Zambia that some spoke swahilli as I associated it with Kenya and Tanzania only.I think you did a nice job in actually building up Congo just by the words you spoke.
Thank you for watching and sharing your experience. They’re both very beautiful languages, I’m just starting to learn Swahili, I like it.
@ Neil Hickey people who speak swahili in Zambia are mostly Congolese. Zambia takes in lots of refugees from Congo. We also have Congolese who were born and raised in Zambia and speak swahili and other Zambian languages.
@@berthekabwe871 Thanks for the information, appreciate it.
Rare that Zambians speak Swahili, unless of course as Berthe highlights.
Great job CongoTalks243.
My English is fluent, I understand Swahili mostly (can hardly speak, lol) and I'm seriously learning Lingala.
Like your passion CongoTalks243. Olingi ko bina na ngai?
I think that the 4 national languages should be taught in schools from from primary, they should implement this so that the future generations won't engage in tribal wars. The government must teach the 4 langues in every different places in Congo and this will create jobs for teachers and this will be the biggest independence they will get
They were taught from primary
Individual languages were taught based on what side of the country one lives. I grew up in the Western part, so I learnt Kikongo reading and writing. But I agree, it would help to teach all 4.
Inorder to bring unity and a compatriotic indentity, I feel every school should be taught in lingala, news in lingala and everything else Lingala. This is because lingala is already widely spoken more than Kikongo and Tshiluba, and there's also the fact Congo republic and Angola also speaks it and we are both one people. Swahili and French are not congolese languages, so they should be offered as foreign language electives along with other current popular foreign languages.
@@annkaiba3047 tshiluba is more of congolese language than any other national language from the DRC
I THINK EVERY CONGOESE MUST TRY HARD TO LEARN LINGALA, THE FIRST GENERATION OF YOUR MUSICIANS MADE YOUR MUSIC IN LINGALA LANGUAGE SO POPULAR, IN AFRICA AND GLOBALLY...TO THE POINT THAT LINGALA COULD ALMOST BE AN AFRICAN PAN AFRICAN LANGUAGE...
I AM A TANZANIA KISWAHILI NATIVE SPEAKER AND I WOULD WISH TO LEARN LINGALA OUT OF LOVE FOR T P OK JAZZ MUSIC AND THAT OF DOCTEUR NICO KASANDA AND BAVON MARIE MARIE...
During Marshall Mobutu, Lingala was the undisputed king of the country, it's only after the kabilas who are supposedly Tshiluba and Swahili speakers took power are we now being told Congo has four national languages. I reject!
Where did you go to school Dear? probably your teachers forgot something. My friend, even before Mobutu with his dectatorship of imposing lingala in the army, Congo has always 4 bigger regional languages. Even Mobutu used to speak alittle swahili like gretings, aspecially, when delivering a national speach.
@@congoukwelimao4884 I swear seems like people do not know Congo history. Mobutu actually trying to fight against tribalism. We always had 4 national languages. This lingala vs swahili thing started when kabils came and most of them were speaking swahili
@@africaine4889 c'est faux Mobutu été un tribaliste tout fait, dans son entourage il y avait que les ressortissants de l'équateur il avait imposé le lingala comme langue de l'armée au nom de quoi le lingala doit être au-dessus des autres langues tout en sachant que dans notre constitution toute nos langue nationale sont égaux
😂😂😂😂😂You are definitely Zande. Zandes, Mangbetus,Ngbandi, Ngombe and Budjas are the biggest tribalists of Ngala peoples.
'Marshall Mobutu' 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@kiyana7261 ah oui? Si le lingala etait aussi imposé il serait parlé partout dans le pays. Va á l'est. Ils sont fier de parler swahili et ne veulent rien á voir avec le lingala. Beaucoup de parents qui sont bien financièrement refusent que leurs enfants parlent lingala soit disant que c'est une langue vulgaire. Personellement he trouve que lingala pure est une belle langue. Faut savoir
Yo honestly. It’s so awkward when I tell my congolese friends that I speak Swahili and not Lingala... like bro lmao congo is multilingual and Lingala is mostly spoken in the city. In the many congolese villages, there are thousands of languages, so why even limit the criteria of being congolese to that???lmao
Not even in all cities. Manly in the west of the country. Did you know that in Kivu in the 90's if you spoke lingala and you were not a soldier people associated you to a bandit/ robber? Those who harrass people who cannot speak lingala, are mainly ignorant.
Thank you mam
You are so Sweet
The feeling of boycott Lingala or Swahili between Swahiliphones and Lingalaphones is a little bit broad, First of all Swahili speaking people occupies the biggest part of Congo(All Eastern and Southern part) and Lingala is spoken mainly in the Capital Kinshasa and part the province of Equateur and the rest part of Congo speaks Kikongo or Tshiluba. But many people speak Lingala regardless where they are located at beacause lingala is a musical language (Many songs are sung in Lingala). AS you may know in many African countries military and police use one language for communication and Lingala is used as Military and Police language in Congo. As you know military and Police are seen as enemies by the population therefore in Swahili speaking part when a person is arrested by a police , the person feels more offended and the feeling of resistance is higher when the police is speaking in different language. Thats how the feeling to resist to learn lingala started. In addition, people who are from Kinshasa have the feeling of superiority toward people from provinces , they assume everybody should know lingala since Kinshasa is the Capital City of Congo, that s make more people to have the feeling to boycott lingala and people from Kinshasa dont consider to learn Swahili as they consider provinces are villages.
This is well put. We have to do better as a people. Let’s influence each other in loving Congo as a whole. I didn’t grow up in Kinshasa, so I know what you’re talking about because I have experienced it in the few times that I visited Kinshasa. We shouldn’t let that make us despise Lingala though, it is a beautiful language and it has promoted our culture in music for a long time. We have to fight ignorance with knowledge. Let us not get our battles confused 🙂🙂
@@CongoTalks243 Yes you re right , Congo is a beautiful country and the unity of Congo is key for its development. Normally the government should have implemented a language program at school in teaching all 4 national languages in all provinces so that people would have minimum communication skills in all national languages.
That is exactly what happened in Uganda. The Baganda and some tribes refused Swahili because it was a military/police language and the military was controlled by the people from the north and north-western part of the country. That is why most of the Swahili speakers are found outside central Uganda, including Kampala.
@@konuchtulelach1982 Kiswahili is a lovely language. My relatives used to work in Gulu(Railmaster) during the British and have others that were in Kampala, Jinja and Mbale. I love 💕 Swahili in my Brooklyn hood in New York.
What you wrote is the Real TRUTH. YOU GOT THE POINT.
Mann...this shit ain't new. I don't understand what's wrong with my people. They always have something to say about everything. And that's the same exact thing that's happening in my country 🇨🇬. For some reasons a majorities ( not all ) of Brazzavillois/e believe that people of Pointe Noire are not Congolese enough because they do speak Munukutuba. Plus, my cousin is married to a lady from Pointe Noire and my other cousins be talking shit about her like " She's not one of us". Smdh🤦
That's very unfortunate. We have to do better
Thank you as a person who is from Kinshasa and speak Lingala I don’t like the superiority complex of some Congolese towards other Congolese people it’s really ignorant but I do encourage all Congolese to learn lingala it’s a very awesome 😎 language not by force but for unity maybe the Congolese education system can do some combining with Swahili and lingala together to make a new language.
Kiswahili is the lingua franca of all Afrikans and people of Afrikan decent. As in the diaspora settled on Kiswahili as the language of all Afrikans and black people. I also request that though Kiswahili is a universal continental Afrikan and diaspora language of choice but please also hold on your local languages like Yuropa, Hausa, Bambara, Tabu, Isitzulu, Amharic, Chechewa, lingala(Music language), luganda, kinyarwanda, etc but Kiswahili unites us all.
Parents (Dad from Maniema, Mom from Mbuji-Mayi) speak KiSwahili, Tshiluba, Lingala ,English, French, and English...sometimes in the same conversation..
So true, some people even forbiid their Children to speak Lingala, Kiswahili, Shiluba or Kikongo , they Prefere French or English the Languages of our Oppressors .if I had my way our Beautiful Languages whivh is much older the French, all 4 of them will be mandatory in Shoots. Then the other ones like Batetela, Babowa, Lokele and the rest will be subject of Preference.
Thanks Sister never been to Congo but my DNA takes me there 😂😂😂
Pleasure is all mine! Glad I can virtually take you home. 😅🙌🏾
I agree with you dear. even if you can't speak swahili, linga or other languages correctly but try to learn how to say hello to your beloved brothers and sisters.
This!!
Very good knowledge you have👍
Love from India
As a little boy during the later era of Marshal Mobutu, in the Bangala region we were taught that Zaire then had only two national language, namely Lingala and French. In the Bangala region people don't care about Swahili, kikongo, or Tshiluba they see these them as mere tribal languages
Listen to yourself. You probably was not listening well in class, and you were probably failing often. Since when French is a national language in Congo/Zaire? Never!
Where did you go to school Dear? probably your teachers forgot something. My friend, even before Mobutu with his dictatorships of imposing lingala in the army, Congo has always 4 bigger regional languages. Even Mobutu used to speak a little swahili like greetings, especially, when delivering a national speech.
Why are you laying. So Bangala school system was different from the rest of Congo? Because everywhere we were taught that we had 4 national languages. Even on national TV the news would be broadcast in the 4 national languages
@@congoukwelimao4884 Lol I was not falling often, in fact I always come first or second in my class. You guys down south need to understand that the country is much bigger than just Kikongo and Tshiluba. Bakongo and Baluba are a mere tribe, and your languages are better be kept for you only. We in the north we love Lingala and of course our individual mother tongues.
@@africaine4889 have you ever lived in the Bangala region? If you really think Tshiluba, Swahili and kikongo are national languages pack your bags and travel up north central and north west. You are gonna be shocked I tell you
@@benedictiongarcon8468 yes I have actually. And I know what is thought at School. Kongo have 4 national languages does not mean that each Congolese speak 4 national languages. Use the brain that God gave you.
I am a Luba and and most of people in Ksai do not speak lingala. But a lot speak swahili
The problem is not the Congolese but Mobutu who's ideology was to divide the Congolese to be able to rule forever; (ethnic division). Also, it's because of those who want to be superior to others. However, it is a whites plan to consume the resources of the country by dividing people, (started during colonisation till now).
That piece of shit was a living demon that destroyed Kongo
If Mobutu didn't push lingala we would be tribalistic and french would be the language that unites us. No countries outside of african have tribes and those that did forced one culture one language system, this to ensure that we all consider ourselves Congolese before whatever tribe we are. You are hating Lingala yet not horrified that congolese people would rather speak a language that is not even from congo (Swahili). I bet you guys would still complain if it was Tshiluba vs Swahili because not all congolese people are baluba, yet swahili is not a tribal language to congolese tribes.
@@tysonmcduggan6870 this is not to say Mobutu wasn't a piece of shit
@UCHB_idpApSxMzgMjRVizCPQ Lingala is primarily spoken in the western parts of the DRC and in Northwestern Congo. Swahili on the other hand in the predominant language of East Africa.
Also, one of the reasons whites are able to divide us is because we do not have a strong national identity. We identify based on our tribes first before country. Isn't it important we all communication under a language that can be found in Congo only, instead of French or Swahili?
I disagree in fact Mobutu's plan was the opposite to your claim. He actually united us linguistically wise all Congolese know about this, but he did deceive us in a way. He used his own people for his personal gain.
I wanted to learn Swahili because Im hoping to see where great gandfather is from there from of Republic of Congo
There are 2 Congo, the Republic of Congo which Brazzaville doesn't speak Swahili, but in the Democratic Republic of Congo the former Zaïre, do speak Swahili, in the eastern part of the country and the southern part.
I agree with how you think and most importantly the love you have for Kongo..!!
Hiya me again love your videos 👏🏾👏🏾 Appreciate the information I was just wondering the difference between Swahili and Kiswahili? I have 2 daughters from a Congolese man and would like them to know their fathers tongue.
Hi! You're welcome. There is no difference between Swahili and Kiswahili. They both refer to the same language but the correct word is Kiswahili.
That s very nice for you to help your daughters learn one part of their culture. You may also find out where their dad come from so that they can know their specific tribe or ethnic group. If I know their name I can guess their are ethnic group bcse some names are specific to a specific ethnic but some are in many ethnic group.It just like when you ear a spanish italian or russian name that how we can tell which tribe they belong to by their name.
Anyone willing to teach me Swahili? My mother has passed away some time ago she was Congolese and now that I have children I would like for them to learn as a part of whom they are.i just think it would be cool to while hopefully making friends?
Try TH-cam search too for Swahili lessons in the meantime 🙌🏾
I am a native Kiswahili speaker, proficient English speaker and an Intermediary French speaker, I can teach you Kiswahili...
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Your video is pretty interesting. I have never given these language identity a reconciliatory perspective. Am from the East and some how, have always felt that Swahili hasn t been given justice. Even more, sometimes I feel that lingala is overbearing and oppressive. I like the lingala music and that s about it and my view has always been that loving lingala music is comparable to how i love french or english music. When i think of Congo, the west has always been alien, that other side where they speak a different language and have a different way of living...that place I d may be go for a visit but not to live. For once you ve just made me realize that we are in the same boat and regardless of whether one speaks swahili or lingala, we are one people. Meanwhile, many of my friends do not speak lingala and we proud congolese
I like ur topic is very true, as a congalais going in Kinshasa I had a chance to learned
Kikongo but I wasn't interest due to the fact I thought it was the tribe's language.
But all kids going up in Kinshasa we speak Lingala now I'm older would wish to pay attention to my mother, to learn Kikongo better too that only my regret.
That's wonderful! It's never too late to learn. Wishing you success in your learning journey :)
I wish I studied Kikongo more and kibunda which is my mother tribe I feel you man
Thank you for your classes. ❤😍😍
My sister our problem, many of our brothers must be educated. jealousy, language is an integrating factor. I have Somali and Ethiopian friends who often teach me their language. When you consider or speak another's language automatically become familiar with that person.
Question:
1st let me say in my study of indigenous languages of Afraka I have purist leanings, meaning unless absolutely necessary I hate even loan words of outside languages. I would rather when necessary we borrow from a fellow tongue of the Continent of Afraka than IndoEuropean or elsewhere.
Also concerning Kiswahili it was selected by the OAU in the 1960's to be the unifying international language of Afraka but people particularly west Afrakanu rejected it. Even in western diaspora in spite of being the language of Kwanzaa ( Furaha Kwanzaa by the way) it was rejected by many Christians claiming it was a muslim language and other afrocentrics on grounds it was too corrupted by arabic. Many others rejected it because it was said it is not a language of the regions where most of those who came through trans atlantic slave trade come from.
So considering this past experience brings to the question of what must be considered when unifying by language no matter if Kiswahili, Lingala, or Kikongo. Most languages usually spread based on religious or trade factors, yet not always and it doesn't have to be. I just mentioned this because we must consider human nature and impulses in our selection. So then the questions are: *what tradition(s) does the language support and will help facilitate it's spread? Example: I noticed that in the States Asians may use English for business, school,and sometimes trade but through their marital arts traditions have kept alive Korean and Japanese and so on coupled with the habit of speaking their language at home. Kikongo ( as I have stated here in other comments) or possibly Mbundu can do that Capoeira ( N'golo or Kipura). For Capoeira is one of the main factors facilitating the international spread of Portuguese. Another thing is Kikongo can be used to purify Kiswahili of the corruption of arab loan words for both are Bantu. Also keep in mind that the spread of arabic on The Continent wasn't solely religious but trade as well. Just as Kiswahili spread primarily due to trade. *What is the numerical amount of the body of speakers that already exists? For we don't need to recreate the wheel. * What is the geographical spread of the body of speakers? To my understanding Kiswahili is primarily spoken only in the Eastern Congo border areas and never penetrated the central or the west. So concerning the Congo which is more widespread Lingala or Kikongo (& I mean Kikongo not Creole-Congo called Kituba)? Since we must be international in our thinking it is worth considering how well spread the language is outside of the focus area of the Congo. For we know the most wide spread language of The Continent outside of Afraka is Kiswahili. Yet as for Lingala and Kikongo I'm not sure but it's I would think likely Kikongo. For Lingala just isn't mentioned as much and Congo singers are known and praised throughout the Continent and somewhat in diaspora. This will prove useful in travel when people have a common indigenous language they can use.
*A simple practical question is how easy is the language to teach and learn? It's a reason that only Khoikhoi is preserving Khoikhoi. That is not a slight at Khoikhoi and I am not implying that they shouldn't preserve it but simply it's hard as well as what I know of it impractical for use outside their ethnicity.
***Another extremely important practical question is how well equipped is the language for modern scientific technological use? If one is not considering this question I question their validity and seriousness. For we know when observing the state of israel transition from yiddish to modern hebrew they used ancient often obscure terms to construct scientific technological modern terms. As stated previously when this can't be done we should turn to borrowing from other tongues indigenous to Afraka. For example we know through the study of Dogon cosmology that has so captivated the world it is equipped with astronomical terms as well as those that refer to phenomenon on a molecular level. This means it is a good source for scientific terms just as also is Kemetic shown in what has been called Smith and Rhind papyrus as well as others. **Finally my question why are we not listening to our scholars? Specifically as it concerns the Congo, specifically concerning its language and culture(s), why are we not aleast considering Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau? Also of the Congo Theophile Obenga. What of Cheikh Anta Diop of Senegal? What of Nana Bianche Darkwah? What of the many other Afrakani scholars of Afraka and the Diaspora? What of those that sincerely made a life study of preserving us and our culture that dedicated their life, mind, and study to our upliftment? What did they recommend? What did they suggest? What were their instructions?
Note the EU has 24 official languages which English,German, French, and Spanish top. English has been declared a must for all passports and is the international language of airports. All the European countries have kept their national languages yet go along with this program. I have never heard Greek complaining about the status of anything nor a Romanian conflicting with the program. They show their capability of unifying by language and make it their business to continue the domination of us. While we are divided by tribalism. Ambala, Ambuun, Angba, Babindi, Baboma, Baholo, Balunda, Bangala, Bango, Batsamba, Bazombe, Bemba, Bembe, Bira, Bowa, Dikidiki, Dzing, Fuliru, Havu, Hema, Hima, Hunde, Iboko, Kanioka, Kaonde, Kuba, Kumu, Kwango, Lengola, Lokele, Lupu, Lwalwa, Mbala, Mbole, Mbuza (Budja), Nande, Ngoli, Bangoli, Ngombe, Nkumu, Nyanga, Pende, Popoi, Poto, Sango, Shi, Songo, Sukus, Tabwa, Chokwe, Téké, Tembo, Tetela, Topoke, Ungana, Vira, Wakuti, Yaka, Yakoma, Yanzi, Yeke, Yela Twa, BaKongo,Mongo, Luba,Lobo,Alur,Kakwa , bickering, can't unifying and don't to speak the others language and unable to preserve their own.
Ummmmm, wake up, WAKE UP, I noticed I got one 'like' on my previous comment and no comment from others. I don't claim to be an expert but presented information based on my studies, personal observations, and experiences, yet no responses. So are we here truly trying to build on indigenous language and culture a well as unify by it's use? We are blessed here with a virtuely free international platform. The sister here who page it is doing a great job let us but it's up to us the viewers to really begin building on the information and platform presented here. So I'm not perfect and don't have all the answer yet I'm just asking does anyone seriously want to built and if so wake up language is extremely important. All non European peoples have been affected directly or indirectly by global white supremacy, yet make a comparison of those strong in their language and those not and more often than not those not suffer greater domination. Japan is a good example. They suffered two atomic bombs when defeated. They initially were not even allowed a standing army. Yet surrendered to U.S. under condition of being allowed two things. 1) control of their education system and 2) to keep their language. With this within 15 years they were known a world market for their electronic products although their products where initially perceived as inferior. Within 35 years U.S. business men here known for taking trips to Japan to study their business model because they because such a strong economic force making way in American markets. We have an opportunity to educate ourselves on a grassroots level using this platform and I have already said language is extremely important. So where y'all at?
Kiswahili penetrated deep up into Maniema which is the center eastern province of the D.R.C with no border to Tanzania. From my observations, Swahili might be the one with a lot of speakers in Congo followed by lingala, Tchiluba, then Kikongo although lingala was imposed to spread by selecting It as the language of the army and promoted in music by the late president Mobutu. So if you know about Congo history, you will notice that if It wasn't for the Belgian to impose lingala in the army after the revolt of swahili-speaking part of the colonial army (Bahuni Revolt), and later the Lumumba assassination, Swahili could have penetrated more than It is now because P.E. Lumumba was a speaker of both Swahili and Lingala. Also, as a speaker of both swahili and lingala, I can testify that there are many words in both lingala and kikongo that are very similar to the words in swahili.
@@congoukwelimao4884 Amani, it's seems you are saying you recommend Kiswahili to be promoted as the first and official language of the Congo. Which is cool. The only thing I would say to that is if that be the case then let's use Kikongo or Lingala to help purify it of arab loan words.
As for Lingala and Kikongo let them then be secondary language choices in schools. Just as in the US, where english is official but most schools offer spanish and some french as second language study option.
In addition to this as I stated in previous commentary we could use Kikongo or Lingala or maybe Mbundu and previously stated by making it the official language of the art of capoeira. I know many may not understand how the last statement plays a part in the Congo but one must study the history of the art to understand. Another thing is regardless it would preserve that language in a practical function way without disturbing the program of making Kiswahili the official language of the Congo region. I use the term Congo region because in my mind concerning the ideas I put forward I am not speak in terms limited to DRC, but Angola and Rep. Congo as well. Basically central Afraka. Which unified under language creates it's own kind of cultural cohesiveness regardless of political borders. Which would make the region quite a powerhouse, especially considering it's resources.
@@malcolmking5023 I totally agree with you. Don't, even, take the example of the U.S. No, use South African language education system. Most people in S.A, they come out of High school speaking atleast 2 other languages besides english. Yes, all the African languages can work to purify Swahili from borrowed words. Thus, about Capoeira, yes, since It's originate from our people, kikongo can definitely work in that area of arts.
@@congoukwelimao4884 kubali, agreed. We agree and especially about capoeira. That is my dream for I do N'golo or what is more commonly called capoeira angola. I never got into portuguese but it would be great to stop trying to sing in that then translate the terms, songs and stories to Kikongo. I once met a practicianer that says his group is working converting to Kikongo but haven't encountered him again or been able to train with his group. I do know a Mestre of a group out of town that are interested in changing over to an indigenous language, preferably Kikongo.
As for Kiswahili I study that( or I am a mwanafunzi) but I'm rusty. Not only because I am self taught alone but I recently was planning to travel and so I sent all my Swahili study materials ( dictionaries and phrase booklet) ahead of me then a delay came up. So I am down to checking a few term online every now then and speaking every blue moon by phone with an elder I know that studies by self teaching method as well.
Also I am unsure if you ever heard of the combat system known as Kupigana Ngumi but the practicianers (wapigana) use both Kemetic and Kiswahili. The only problem with that is it's only the high ranking practicianers that even have some what of a grasp on either language.
My personal goal is to do my part in preserving indigenous language and when I personally master one that will be for my home and inner circle. English I say is just for doing business in english speaking regions. However of course ever so often after mastering an indigenous language I communicate with those that have not.
Le plus grand problème dans le pays c'est son les congolais des Kinshasa il veulent imposer leur langue aux autres, je suis née à Kinshasa je eu au moins la chance de voyage, je parle swahili et lingala
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Nimependa ulichosema, watu wetu wote wanahitaji kujumuika pamoja, nilipokuwa huko, mimi Kifaransa nilizungumzwa zaidi ya lugha zote hizo lakini nilitumwa kama Mmarekani, kwa hiyo walishangaa kuwa nazungumza Kiswahili vizuri, Amerika ilikubali. Kiswahili kina lugha ya Kiamerika mwaka 1966, wengi wetu tunazungumza kiswahili, lakini watu wengi wanatoka makabila ya afrika magharibi hivyo kiswahili sio lugha yao na waafrika wengi sana hawakuwahi hata kujifunza kiswahili, mimi naongea kiswahili na Tshiluba kidogo sana ningependa kujifunza yote, kwa sababu ninapanga kujifunza zaidi (Babaatu Byauwamba)
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Consider this perspective, somebodu is born in the Kivu, tribes around Kivu have cross border relationships with tribes that speak swahili, whatever is imported into Kivu comes from the ports of Mombasa and Daresalam which speak swahili, it is even easier for a Kivuian to get to Nairobi and Daresalam than Kinshasa, most business connection people from Kivu have are East African look at all those perspectives then ask yourself why would somebody from Kivu speak Lingala.
Someone from Kivu would speak Lingala because they're Congolese despite their proximity to other African countries. That being said, my point in this video was not to say that people from Kivu must speak Lingala, you misunderstood my message at that part. Kivu is a Swahili speaking part of Congo, just like Kinshasa is a Lingala speaking part of Congo. My message was to encourage young Congolese people to be interested in learning about their country in all its sides. Thanks
That's exactly my experience. My family was in import export businesses in Kivu with Kenya and Tanzania since the 60's. I often visited East African countries until the war came then I ran to S.A. Funny enough, It's in South Africa that I started learning lingala until I became fluent now in the U.S.
lol... crazy shame
My daughter Felicie,talk about the way other parts of Congo how they treat people from east part of Congo telling them that they are from Rwanda.I m from Bukavu and I have been staying in Kigali for 9months now and I have seen many Rwandans who don’t look like rwandans and have seen many Congolese from many tribes in Congo you will think they are 100% rwandans.We should stop our stupid ignorance
I think the issue with others congolese who are not from the east were fouled by rwandese who were living in western part of congo by claiming that they were from eastern part of congo but in reality they were rwandese so the majority of congolese are confused and really dont know who is rwandese who is not.
@@nkkas7542 Very true! Also, some of the tribes in the east are actually from other east African tribes (babemeba are from Zambia) these tribes consider themselves ethnically congolese when they are not. If you are of East African origin and have lived all your life in Congo then you are Congolese nationality and not Ethnicity.
@@annkaiba3047 no Ba bemba or Bemba people are from Zambia and Congo and both speak the same language ( Chibemba or Kibemba). Unlike Rwandese most Zambians who live in Congo dont claim do be Congolese at all because Zambians are very proud to be Zambians and their soil js rich just as Congo in minerals. Zambia and Congo have same tribes such as Lunda , Chokwe and Bemba
@@nkkas7542 The Bemba belong to a large group of Bantu peoples mainly in the Northern, Luapula, Muchinga, and the Northern part of Central Province of Zambia. Some people mistake the Lambas speaking people of the copper belt who trace their origin from the Luba-lunda kingdom to say they are related to the Bemba of Northern province.
The Bemba history is more aligned to the tribes of East Africa.
@@annkaiba3047 the Bemba have been in Katanga before colonization
A Zaireois/Congolese must speak some Lingala
to distinguish themselves from a Kenyan or Tanzanian who all speak Swahili. Today, 95% of Congolese can speak one or two words in Lingala, the same cannot be said about Swahili.
WHO LIED TO YOU LIKE THAT? Even in Equateur province there are people who cannot speak lingala in the deep villages. For ex. in Maduo, etc.. let a lone in some other parts of the country. It's look like you have never visited other parts of Congo other than where you are from. ahaaa ahhaaa
Why only Lingala. Speaking Tshiluba or Kikongo will distinguish that person from Kenyans and why do u want to distinguish yourself from Kenyans. We are all Africans. Kenyans also have their own languages beside Swahili
@@africaine4889 Tshiluba is the language of the Luba tribe, so why would a Congolese person speak it to distinguish themselves from Kenyans if they are not Luba? Would you speak my language Zande to prove to others that you are Congolese?
@@benedictiongarcon8468 lingala is only spoken in thr equateur and Kinshasa. Even when u go to Bas Congo people do not speak lingala. The rest of the Congo do not speak Lingsla in Majority.🤷🏾♀️
@@africaine4889 you must not be a true Congolese or you were born and grew outside! Are just playing with me or what? I'm not from Equateur but from Haut Zaire/ Congo and where I'm from people speak Lingala and Bangala which is very similar to Lingala
Which language is more spoken in Congo, Lingala or French?
DRC has different ethnic groups. French is used as a link language
Lot’s of Languages. The DRC is a big country that contains numberous tribes and some that aren’t known.
Here is a briefing: DRC has more than 400 tribes, but people have some language that help as a link whether you're in the North, south east, west or center, to make communication a lot more easier the government decided to vote for those 4 languages among all the dialects, cause they regroup people(north east, east and south-swahili, center- tshiluba, North west, west-kikongo-lingala and in the capital lingala) and will shorten misunderstanding so i'll say that french IS a language that can help you understood wherever you go in Congo.
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"Nzambe na nyoso, namutombola zii...motema na ngai" can anybody tell me what I said....I just formed my sentence. I'm I on the move?
I'm Angolano 🇦🇴 ❤️ you my Duster 😘
Swahili would be the ideal language for them considering the fact that they do business with Tanzania,Kenya,Uganda,Rwanda,Burundi,S.sudan which all embrace the language,,and to be safe they also need to incorporate English in their education system
You are speaking very interesting English. The Congolese are fantastic . They speak French and Lingala. Very nice languages. I speak Swahili, English and Arabic. I encourage you too to learn Arabic just to know What Allah says. Allah is not a human being. But He knows everything.
If Allah is really the real God, she already knows about him, we call him Nzambi in Kikongo,Nzambe in Lingala... Thanks
I liked it!!!
Very true👍🏼 kongo is extremely diverse place in the world. There are over 450 languages spoken in kongo. That just in the DR Kongo. And there 2 kongo. I would like to learn all of them🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Indeed! It's high time we start focusing on learning.
Strop trying to force 'Kongo' lol there is only Kongo peoples. The name 'Congo' comes from the Kongo peoples kingdom and nothing to do with the rest of the DRC. DR Kongo😂😂😂😂 absolute clown. Other tribes don't even care for the word Kongo. Stop forcing it.
@@briptz7305 actually they do..sorry.
First the all...the word kongo is the original name.
If you dont like what I wrote then you shouldnt have responded, as I wasnt talking to you.
Force it???? Your not making any sense.
If you just want to write something negative just for the sake of it, go some where else.
@@edwigen7245 Kongo is the original name for which people? Stop the madness 😂😂😂😂
@@edwigen7245 That guy. He has been attacking everyone. Reading his comments he is half Kongo and Luba Katanga. According to him everything else is fake and irrelevant in DRC🤦🏽♀️
Both languages originate in Kongo and developed by Arabic and Eurocentric colonialism.
Congo not Kongo
@@LXNGVXB Europeans call it Congo. It's Kongo
swahili originated in the eastern coast of kenya and tanzania; it is a mixture of bantu, arabic and portuguesse languages
Muana mayele kende liboso musala kitoko makasi 👍👍 I speak kikongo (who is my parents language) and lingala but I can undestand a little swahili. Les gens doivent arrêter de dire, si tu ne parle le lingala tu n'es pas congolais car c'est faux et souvent c'est l'ignorance des certains kinois comme moi même. Le problème est aussi que le swahili une belle langue mais c'est parler dans beaucoup des pays et du coup ça ne donne pas une particularité congolaise mais par contre le lingala identifie la Congolité directement. Je suis tolérant mais pour moi le lingala c'est l'une des belles langues congolaises que je préfère (po ezalaka elengi makasi pe kitoko). Une très belle analyse de la situation. leki na biso wumela! tokoos.
Et les Brazzavillois qui parle lingala? Si vous saviez qu'on peut differencier le swahili du Congo à ce-lui du Kenya et de la Tanzanie? Et puis je ne penses pas que le lingala est la belle langue du Congo, Non! ça donne l'apparence. Vs savez pourqu'oi? Eza pona music. eza pona ndenge ya koyemba ya music ya rhumba Congolaise nde epesa yango elengi.
@@congoukwelimao4884 C'est ton avis mais pour moi le lingala reste une belle langue point barre. Le swahili est aussi une belle langue mais parlé dans beaucoup des pays et ça ne donne pas la particularité congolaise, c'est pourquoi ça ne m'interesse pas vraiment. C'est mon avis.
@@congoukwelimao4884 Pour ton info: le swahili est une langue étrangère mais par contre le kikongo,le lingala et le tshiluba sont des langues purement congolaises. Pour moi le swahili n'a aucune identité congolaise et ça ne réflète aucune congolité
Mon cher compatriote @jeanclaudeM100
, un des problémes que nous avons au Congo est que nous ne nous connaissons, vraiment, pas. Et comme les infrastructures comme des bibliothéques sont présque inéxistant, Il ya risque qu'un jour cette ignorance de sois, àtravers l'autre, nous coutera trop cher. Le Kikongo est parlé au Congo (dans les provinces du Kongo central et de Kinshasa), en république du Congo (dans le sud-ouest jusqu'à Brazzaville), et au sud du Gabon. Le Lingala est parlé au Congo (Kin, Nord -Ouest, etc.) Le Tshiluba est parlé au Kasai et en Angola. Malgré tout ce-ci, en quoi est-ce-que vous classifiez le swahili comme langue étrangère ? Je trouves que c'est par ignorance des faits par bcps des gens.
Laisse-moi vous informer qu'à Uvira dont Stanley écrivais (Ouvira) les gens parle Swahili dépuis la fin du 17 èm siécle (avant l'arrivé des Arabes), et les langues de cette contré-là ont participés aux mixages de langues du quel est née le Kingwana puis le Swahili. Maintenant en quoi est-ce que vs classifiez la langue sécondaire des ethnies et tribus réconnu comme Congolais authentique de "langue étrangère"?
Aussi, est-ce-que vs savez qu'avant que le Swahili s'expende dans tout ces pays, au paravant le Swahili était parlé que dans cette contré-là du Congo, la grande partie de la Tanganyika et Zanzibar puis la partie du cote de Kenya seulement?
Réference: Les Bavira du Sud-Kivu (RDC): Histoire, culture (Pg 234 -237)
Vs pouvez aussi lire les notes des Bourton et Speke, et des Arabes.
As a kenyan any congolese in kenya and doesn’t speak “lingala ” the language of music is a Rwandese😅😅
You're definitely a mukongo. KiSwahili is a poetic language, and way richer than lingala. I'm from Katanga, a Muhemba. Yes Rwandans call Ugali, Ubugari and in Katangan Swahili we call it Bukari doesn't mean we are Rwandan. It's just due to historical trading of the Lake Taganyika people.
We like all AFRICAN LANGUAGES but SWAHILI BEST fits all of AFRICA. Remember that this language is a media of communication in more than 15 countries in AFRICA.
Swahili is amazing for its unifying factor. Although Lingala is just as important for Congo in particular.
Go to western Africa and you will find a language who's spoken more than swahili so please can u stop that crap
@@slambk Congo is not in west Africa and we don’t speak any language from west Africa
We’re talking about all bantus should speak Swahili
@@nikowabantu6216 Well do u mind doing your self a favor.. go to Google do a research about Atlantic Slaves trade... that was happening in west afrika... after that come back and tell me the if weren't a Kongo empire among those western Kingdoms ... thnx and have a Lovely day
@@slambk Swahili is the most spoken language in Africa in Western Africa they have more than 4 popular languages which you can not compare to Swahili
You speak so beautifully
I went to school with Congolese people they are cool ass hell
Important point my sister I really loved it, this should be stopped for really, when I heard you are talking its remind me so many things I passed trough when I got here in united state. I started go at school in high school and met A lot of Congolese there and I was so happy that I wont ndugu zangu na sitahangahika kivile, but when they hear I cant speak Lingala oooohhh even any project that we will do about our cauntry I will probably do myself and they do their together while saying they from Congo Brazzaville and I am from Congo Kinshasa so we cant do things together so I was like wowwww!!! and that not all...... we are one love guys, we suppose to love each other.
Wow! I’m so sorry you went through that. It’s madness and needs to end! Thank you for sharing your story.
Spot on, thanks molakisi na nga.
U like most Wakongomani, you speak flawless English. Did you grow up in Kenya? Kiswahili is spoken in eastern DRC while the legendary Lingala is associated with Kinshasa.
mwitaliano ambae anaongea kiswahili hapaaa, kweli nadhani kiswahili kinavutia sana kwa sababu mara nyingi kwa mfano natazama video mbalimbali nasikiliza kiswahili kinachozungumzwa na wakongo, wakenya, watanzania... Inavutia sana kusikiliza lugha hii, nawaza kiswahili cha wakongo, wakenya, watanzania kuna tofauti sana lakini nakipenda sana daima
Sijawahi kufukiri ningekutana na mtu kutoka Italia anayechapa Kiswahili kama mzawa. Mm ni Mpolishi, Kiitaliano na Kiswahili ni lugha ninazozipenda zaidi zote mbili ni tamu sana. Nimesahau Kiitaliano kidogo lakini hamna shida nitafanya marudio katika siku za usoni. Kila la kheri kwako, endelea vivyo hiviyo 👍
@@malkiawagiza1327 nakushukuru, ndio kiitaliano na kiswahili ni lugha tamu sana. Endelea kusoma kiitaliano na njoo hapa kutembea!