Official Status
Kituba is a national language in Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa. In practice the term national language means that it is a language of regional administration and elementary education.
A national language is also one that is used for public and mass communication. National public radios and televisions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Congo-Brazaville use Kituba as one of their main languages for evening news.
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