A linguistics expert has said it was not possible to tell that the Lingala speaking soldiers, who brutalized civilians in the Central African Republic (CAR), were members of Jean-Pierre Bemba's forces ...

"I havent once spoken my mother tongue Kilokele in the 62 years Ive lived in Kinshasa. None of my nine children speak it," says Charles Tongohala. Tongohala's native tongue is one of 450 spoken in the ...

Blogging from the Democratic Republic of Congo, John writes about the richness and complexity of Lingala: Then there’s the word “poto” which I think is “mpoto” in the classic Lingala (but that’s a ...

In DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, many speak French and Lingala "I haven't once spoken my mother tongue Kilokele in the 62 years I've lived in Kinshasa. None of my nine children speak it," says Charles ...

"I haven't once spoken my mother tongue Kilokele in the 62 years I've lived in Kinshasa. None of my nine children speak it," says Charles Tongohala. Tongohala's native tongue is one of 450 spoken in ...

Yannick Bolasie has revealed the ‘secret’ language he uses with Romelu Lukaku to bamboozle Premier League defenders. The Everton forwards are the top flight’s most prolific partnership this season and ...

"I haven't once spoken my mother tongue Kilokele in the 62 years I've lived in Kinshasa. None of my nine children speak it," says Charles Tongohala. Tongohala's native tongue is one of 450 spoken in ...

There are 450 spoken languages in DR Congo, lingos that account for nine percent of the world's 5,000 languages. Tongohala's native tongue is one of 450 spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a ...

KINSHASA: "I haven't once spoken my mother tongue Kilokele in the 62 years I've lived in Kinshasa. None of my nine children speak it," says Charles Tongohala. Tongohala's native tongue is one of 450 ...

Many of the 450 languages spoken in the country are dying or have gone out of use KINSHASA: “I haven’t once spoken my mother tongue Kilokele in the 62 years I’ve lived in Kinshasa. None of my nine ...

Kinshasa — News that Swahili has been adopted as one of the African Union's working languages has been well received in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where nearly half the population speaks ...