Kongo languages

Kongo
Kikongo
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone H.10) Kongo–Yaka–Sira? Kongo
Language codes
Glottolog	kiko1235
Map of the area where Kongo and Kituba as the lingua franca are spoken.

The Kongo languages are a clade of Bantu languages, coded Zone H.10 in Guthrie's classification, that are spoken by the Bakongo:

Beembe (Pangwa, Doondo, Kamba, Gangala), Ndingi, Kunyi, Mboka, Kongo, Western Kongo, Laari (Laadi), Vili, Yombe, Suundi