Congo - Brazzaville
Congo-Brazzaville
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
No advice from here yet. Know an elder from this country? Your recording could be the first: 2–3 minutes on a phone.
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.1%
- people aged 65 or older
- 198.5K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 5.5%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 16.6 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 12.8%
- women 14.3%, men 10.7%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2015
Languages
70 languages, 25 of them endangered
- BanganduDefinitely endangered
- BonjoDefinitely endangered
- BwisiDefinitely endangered
- DiboleDefinitely endangered
- MahongweDefinitely endangered
- AkaVulnerable
- AkwaVulnerable
- BakaVulnerable
- BalaVulnerable
- BangiVulnerable
- BomitabaVulnerable
- BomwaliVulnerable
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- Central TekeVulnerable
- FuumuVulnerable
- KaambaVulnerable
- KotaVulnerable
- KoyoVulnerable
- MbangweVulnerable
- MboshiVulnerable
- Mikaya-Bambengangale-BalumaVulnerable
- MonzomboVulnerable
- MoyeVulnerable
- NgondiVulnerable
- Teke-LaaliVulnerable
- Teke-TsaayiVulnerable
- Beembe
- Bekwil
- Bongili
- Doondo
- East Teke
- Fang
- Kako
- Kituba (Congo)
- Kiyombe
- Koongo
- Kuba
- Kukuya
- Kunyi
- Kwala
- Laari
- Lingala
- Loi
- Lumbu
- Mbaka
- Mbandja
- Mbere
- Mboko
- Mpiemo
- Mpumpong
- Ndasa
- Ngbaka Gbaya
- Ngom
- Ngungwel
- Njebi
- Njem
- North Teke
- Northwest Gbaya
- Pol
- Pomo-Kweso
- Punu
- San Salvador Kongo
- Sango
- Suundi
- Teke-Tyee
- Tiene
- Tsaangi
- Vili
- Wumbvu
- Yaka
- Yambe
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Mvet Oyeng, musical art, practices and skills associated with the Ekang community2025
- Congolese rumba2021
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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