Hunde language

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Hunde
Kihunde
Native toDemocratic Republic of Congo
EthnicityHunde people
Native speakers
950,000[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3hke
Glottologhund1239
Guthrie code
JD.51[2]

Hunde (Kihunde; also Luhunde, Kobi, Rukobi) is a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by the Hunde people or Bahunde in Nord-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is primarily spoken in the territories of Masisi, Walikale, Nyiragongo, Rutshuru and .[3] There are also some speakers in neighbouring Rwanda and southwestern Uganda. Look up Yahunde, Bahunde, Yahudi, Yakobi, Kobi.

References[]

  1. ^ Hunde at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ "Hunde". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-07-20.


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