NationMaster - Congolese Language statistics

French speakers	28,000	[10th of 31]
French speakers (per capita)	0.005 per 10 people	[26th of 30]
French status Sole language of formal education. Official language. Bible 1530-1986.
Languages French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate	65.3	[141st of 174]

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SOURCES: Ethnologue; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union

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