Why does the Democratic Republic of Congo speak French?

We speak french in the Congo because we were colonised by Belgium, a french speaking country. Our french ressembles that of Belgium, it's a little bit different from the french spoken in France, but it's still french nonetheless. But from Belgium we didn't only get french, as it's commonly believed. read more

Note that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a multilingual country where an estimated total of 242 languages are spoken. Ethnologue lists 215 living languages. But French is the official language. read more

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly called Zaire and the Belgian Congo - during the colonial period) speaks French because it was colonized by the Belgians. Since the official languages of Belgium are Flemish and French, it makes sense that the administration of the Belgian Congo would have been in either French or Flemish. read more

-French has remained one of the main languages of the country because it was widely spoken around the educated groups. -The area known as Democratic Republic of the Congo came under French sovereignty in the late 1880's. read more