Congo Swahili

Congo Swahili
Congo Swahili
Kingwana
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Speakers	L1: 2.0 million (2019); L2: 9.1 million (1991); Total: 11 million (2019)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Swahili language Congo Swahili; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Katanga Swahili; Kivu Swahili; Lualaba Swahili; Ituri Kingwana Swahili;
Writing system	Latin script (Roman Swahili alphabet); Arabic script (Arabic Swahili alphabet); Swahili Braille;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	swc
Glottolog	cong1236
	The area where Congo Swahili is spoken is highlighted in light yellow.

Congo Swahili, formerly sometimes known as Zaïre Swahili, are the varieties of the Swahili language spoken in the Democratic Republic of The Congo.