GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world, with over 200 languages spoken in the country. While French is the official language and widely used in education and government, there are four national languages: Kikongo (Kituba), Lingala, Swahili, and Tshiluba.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kikongo is a Bantu language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. There are many dialects, among them South Congo, Central Kongo, West Kongo (Fiote, Fioti), Bwende (Buende), East Kongo, Southeast Kongo, and Nzamba (Dzamba).

Detailed explanation-3: -Unlike Kikongo-Kituba, another Bantu creole, Lingala has preserved more of the canonical Bantu agglutinating verbal structure, in which several prefixes and suffixes attach to the verb to modify its meaning.

Detailed explanation-4: -Only 7% of Congolese people in the eastern part of the DRC speak English. Tshiluba and Kikongo share the fourth most spoken language with 17% each. People from the greater Kasai area and the Lomami province speak Tshiluba. Kikongo, on the other hand, is used in greater Bandundu and Central Kongo.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: The nation now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo is predominantly a French-speaking nation because it was a Belgian colony from the late 19th Century until 1960.