Kikongo (Kongo) Dictionary & Phrasebook : Hippocrene Books : 9780781814102 : 0781814103 : 19 Aug 2021 : Kikongo (also known as Kongo) is a Bantu language spoken by over 5 million people worldwide, mostly by the Kongo and Ndundu people living in the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and Angola. Kikongo was spoken by many from this region who were sold into slavery in the Americas. Thus creolized forms of the language can be found in the ritual speech of Afro-American religions, especially in Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Haiti. It is also one of the sources of the Palenquerocreole in Colombia, and the Gullah language spoken in coastal regions of South Carolina and Georgia in the United States. This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to Democratic Republic of the Congo and other parts of Central Africa with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for ever