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Language Comparison: Kikongo vs Portuguese Portugal
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Aspect | Kikongo | Portuguese Portugal |
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Family | Niger-Congo, Bantu | Indo-European, Romance |
Speakers | Approximately 7 million (including closely related dialects) | Approximately 10 million in Portugal, over 230 million worldwide (including other Portuguese varieties) |
Features | A Bantu language known for its noun class system, agglutinative morphology, and use as a liturgical language in Kimbanguist and Roman Catholic communities. | A Romance language with complex verb conjugations, nasal vowels, and distinct pronunciation compared to Brazilian Portuguese; features a more formal tone and contraction-heavy grammar |
Countries | Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon | Portugal (official), and Portuguese-speaking communities worldwide |
Writing System | Latin script | Latin script |
Tonal | Yes, tones are used to distinguish meaning | No |
Grammatical Cases | No, relies on noun classes and prefixes | No, relies on prepositions and word order |
Derived From | Proto-Bantu | Latin, with Celtic, Germanic, Arabic, and other influences |
Loanwords | From Portuguese, French, and other neighboring languages | From Arabic, French, English, and other Romance languages |
Dialects | Includes Kituba (a simplified creole version), Kongo-Kituba, and regional variations like Laari and Yombe | Includes several regional variations such as Northern Portuguese, Central Portuguese, Southern Portuguese, and Madeiran; also influenced by historical colonial dialects |
Alphabets | A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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