Rwanda-Rundi

E345912

Rwanda-Rundi is a Bantu language group that includes closely related varieties such as Kinyarwanda and Kirundi, spoken primarily in Rwanda and Burundi.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Banyarwanda 3
Barundi 2
Rundi 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group
language continuum
alsoSpokenIn Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tanzania
Uganda
alternativeName Kinyarwanda–Rundi languages
surface form: Rwanda-Rundi language cluster

Rwanda-Rundi
surface form: Rwanda–Rundi
classificationNote sometimes treated as a single macrolanguage
closelyRelatedTo Kinyarwanda
Kirundi
ethnolinguisticGroup Rwanda-Rundi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Banyarwanda

Rwanda-Rundi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Barundi
glottologCode rwan1244
guthrieCode JD60
hasPart Ha language
Hangaza
Kinyabwisha
Banyamulenge
surface form: Kinyamulenge

Kinyarwanda
Kirundi
Rufumbira
Shubi
Subi
Vinza
hasStandardVariety Kinyarwanda
surface form: Standard Kinyarwanda

Kirundi
surface form: Standard Kirundi
iso639-3 rwk
languageBranch Atlantic–Congo languages
surface form: Atlantic–Congo
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo
languageGroup Bantoid
languageSubbranch Benue–Congo
languageSubgroup Bantu languages
surface form: Bantu

Southern Bantoid
languageZone Guthrie Zone J
mutualIntelligibility high between Kinyarwanda and Kirundi
primaryCountry Burundi
Rwanda
region Great Lakes Region of Africa
surface form: Great Lakes region of Africa
subclassOf Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
typologicalFeature SVO basic word order
agglutinative morphology
noun class system
usedAs lingua franca in Burundi
lingua franca in Rwanda
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kinyarwanda subfamily Rwanda-Rundi
Kinyarwanda closelyRelatedTo Rwanda-Rundi
this entity surface form: Rundi
Hutu broaderEthnicCategory Rwanda-Rundi
this entity surface form: Banyarwanda
Hutu broaderEthnicCategory Rwanda-Rundi
this entity surface form: Barundi
Great Lakes peoples includes Rwanda-Rundi
this entity surface form: Banyarwanda
Great Lakes Bantu languages hasMember Rwanda-Rundi
this entity surface form: Rundi
Rwanda-Rundi ethnolinguisticGroup Rwanda-Rundi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Banyarwanda
Rwanda-Rundi ethnolinguisticGroup Rwanda-Rundi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Barundi
Rwanda-Rundi alternativeName Rwanda-Rundi
this entity surface form: Rwanda–Rundi