Why was the DRC once Belgian Congo, but the official language was French, not Flemish Dutch .

Before the 20th century, the only official language of Belgium was French, and the French-speaking area was the largest. Although the capital Brussels is in the Dutch-speaking region, it is still a "language island" dominated by French; The royal family and the vast majority of the nobility are of French origin, and the names of the royal family members are also French. Belgium had already begun colonizing Africa in the 19th century, and naturally chose French as the official language of its colonies.

Dutch was not established as an official language until the beginning of the 20th century, but even so, Belgium continued to promote French in its African colonies for the convenience of its rule, including the Rwanda-Urundi colonies (now Rwanda and Burundi) that were taken over from Germany after the end of World War I, and French was still the official language.

In addition, Belgian French is not very different from French Standard French, while Belgian Dutch is very different from Standard Dutch, belonging to the Flemish dialect (there is also a Flemish region in the Netherlands), and it is difficult to speak with Standard Dutch. So for a long time, the people of the French-speaking community did not need to learn much Dutch, but the residents of the Dutch-speaking area and the minority groups in the German-speaking area had to know French. Foreigners living in Belgium are also the first choice for French. However, now because of the increase in the Dutch-speaking population, the two largest cities, Antwerp and Gent, are also in the Dutch-speaking area, so the status of the Dutch language is already very high; Regardless of the region, Belgian schools teach both French and Dutch languages.

Probably because French is also the official language of Belgium and has a greater influence, and it has a great influence in West France.

Because at that time the Belgians had two languages, Belgian and Belgian French, and it was Belgian French that was taught to the Congolese.

I once heard Congolese people complain that the Belgians only teach them French and not Belgian in order to prevent them from understanding when they talk.

I should also speak Belgian.

Belgium itself is two languages, Belgian and Belgian French, and when Belgium colonized the DRC, they did not teach black Belgian, but Belgian French.

The black Congolese said that the Belgians discriminated against them and did not teach them Belgian because they were afraid that the blacks would eavesdrop when the Belgians spoke Belgian.

Personally, I think it's because for better communication, because the Congo cloth across the river is a French colony, the language is French, and there are many French colonies that use French, so the Belgians teach the Congolese black French, which is more convenient to communicate.

The above is just a personal opinion, as for the real reason, it is difficult to verify, so I can only ask the Belgians.

There are many, many languages spoken in Africa, but most of them are French or English as the official language or lingua franca.

Countries in West Africa, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa, use French as their official language.

In East Africa and South Africa, English is the official or lingua franca of most countries.

The exceptions are Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Angola, whose official language is Portuguese.

In North Africa, Arabic is basically the language.

The above is limited to countries on land and does not include small island nations (Malagasy French is the official language). In terms of the number of countries, the proportion of English and French is about the same. This is just my rough statistic, just for reference.

African languages belong to four main language families: Semitic, Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo, and Koysan.

Most African countries use foreign languages as their official language, and now they also have local languages, for example: Kiswahili is used as the official language of African countries such as Kenya and Tanzania.

Foreign languages widely spoken in Africa include Arabic, French, English, Portuguese, Afrikaans, and Malagasy, which belong to the Semitic, Indo-European, and Austronesian languages, respectively.

Africa is a continent with a wide variety of languages, with more than 800 languages in total, accounting for about one-third of the world's languages. Other linguists believe that the actual variety of languages in Africa far exceeds this archaic statistic. Nigeria is the only country.

There are 400 languages on the register. There are 126 languages spoken in the former French West Africa region. The reason why there are so many African languages is because of the large number of African tribes and the difficulty of transportation.

There are more than 700 known African tribes, and some tribes have different languages within the same tribe due to inconvenient transportation and other reasons. The number of speakers of each language varies greatly. Large languages are spoken by tens of millions of people, while small languages are spoken by only a few thousand or even a few hundred.

African languages can be broadly divided into four major language families: Bantu, Sudanese, Afro-Asiatic (formerly known as Semitic-Hammetic) and Bushman-.

It's miscellaneous. But English should be universal.

After all, English is the language of the world, and many people in Africa are learning English now, so there should be no problem speaking English.

Important points in French.

Belgium passed the Language Equality Act at the beginning of the 20th century, which provided for the equal status of the Dutch language. But none of the universities at the time used Dutch as the language of instruction. As many foreigners who live in Belgium for a short period of time, most of them choose to learn French instead of Dutch.

Name of Belgium: The Kingdom of Belgium (Le Royaume de Belgique).

Independence Day: October 4 (1830).

National Day: July 21 (the day of the accession of King Leopold I in 1831) Flag: rectangular in shape, with a ratio of length to width of 15 13.

From left to right, the flag is composed of three parallel and equal vertical rectangles of black, yellow and red. Black is a solemn and commemorative color that mourns the heroes who died in the War of Independence in 1830; Yellow symbolizes the wealth of the country and the abundant harvest of animal husbandry and agriculture; The color red symbolizes the life and blood of patriots, as well as the great victory of the War of Independence. Belgium is a hereditary constitutional monarchy.

The king's car was hung with the royal flag, which was different from the national flag in that it was square in shape, with the Belgian coat of arms in the middle of the flag, a crown and the first letter of the reigning king's name at each of the four corners.

The coat of arms is surrounded by a frieze of the Order of Leopold, flanked by a lion holding the national flag, with a crown at the top, and a medal of Leopold (the first Belgian monarch) hanging from the ring, with the inscription "Unity is strength" on the bottom of the frieze. The upper end of the cloak is decorated with a crown and nine flags representing the nine provinces of Belgium.

National anthem: "Song of the Cloth Class".

National flower: Poppy.

Hello, landlord! Belgium and Paris are both European and relatively close, but Belgium does not belong to Paris.