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KiKongo
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Lesson 1
Greetings
Basic KiKongo greetings. KiKongo was spoken by millions of people from the Kingdom of Kongo — the most influential African nation in the early Atlantic slave trade.
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🌍 Cultural Context
KiKongo is one of the most significant African languages in the history of the Americas. People from the Kingdom of Kongo made up the largest single group of enslaved Africans brought to British North America, Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti. KiKongo words survive in African American vernacular, Gullah, and Haitian Creole. The word 'zombie' comes from KiKongo 'nzambi' (spirit/god).KiKongo
English
Mbote
The most common everyday greeting
Hello / Greetings
Mbote na yo
Hello to you
Bwabwa
Good morning
Ndinga nzau?
How are you?
Nzau
Can also mean 'good, healthy'
I am well / Fine
Matondo
Thank you
Yaka
Come
Kwenda
Borrowed into Swahili as well — shows the reach of Bantu language connections
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