Kirundi

E43853

Bantu language natural language

Kirundi is a Bantu language primarily spoken in Burundi and neighboring regions of East Africa.

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All labels observed (3)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rundi ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Ha language ⓘ surface form: Ha (language) Kinyarwanda ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
countryWhereNationalLanguage	Burundi ⓘ
glottocode	rund1242 ⓘ
hasDialects	Kirundi urban varieties ⓘ rural Kirundi varieties ⓘ
hasGrammarFeature	noun class agreement ⓘ object markers ⓘ subject-verb agreement ⓘ verbal affixation ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem	true ⓘ
hasPhonemicTone	true ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	five-vowel system (approximate) ⓘ prenasalized consonants ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	rn ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	run ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	run ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Bantu
linguisticTypology	agglutinative language ⓘ
majorCityWhereSpoken	Africa/Bujumbura ⓘ surface form: Bujumbura Gitega ⓘ
neighboringLanguages	French ⓘ Kinyarwanda ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Swahili
numberOfSpeakers	over 10 million ⓘ
officialStatus	official language of Burundi ⓘ
primaryCountry	Burundi ⓘ
region	East Africa ⓘ Great Lakes Region of Africa ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes region of Africa
regulatingBody	Burundi government language policy ⓘ
spokenIn	Burundi ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ
subfamily	Narrow Bantu ⓘ
subgroup	Great Lakes Bantu languages ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup	Burundi ⓘ surface form: Barundi
usedIn	administration in Burundi ⓘ education in Burundi ⓘ media in Burundi ⓘ
wordOrder	SVO ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

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

EAC → officialLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

subject surface form: East African Community

Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

Burundi → officialLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

Benue–Congo languages → hasNotableLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kirundi language

Kinyarwanda → closelyRelatedTo → Kirundi ⓘ

Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi → officialLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

Narrow Bantu → includes → Kirundi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kirundi language

Hutu → primaryLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

Tutsi → languageSpoken → Kirundi ⓘ

Proto-Bantu → ancestorOf → Kirundi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kirundi language

Eastern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

Ha language → closelyRelatedTo → Kirundi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kirundi language

Kiha → closelyRelatedTo → Kirundi ⓘ

Bantu E languages → hasMember → Kirundi ⓘ

President of Burundi → nativeLanguageOfTitle → Kirundi ⓘ

East African languages → includesLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

East African languages → hasLinguaFranca → Kirundi ⓘ

Great Lakes Bantu languages → hasMember → Kirundi ⓘ

Great Lakes Bantu languages → hasNotableLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

Gitega → officialLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ

Burundian franc → languageOfName → Kirundi ⓘ

Senate of Burundi → language → Kirundi ⓘ

Ruvubu River → languageOfName → Kirundi ⓘ

Burundian Civil War → language → Kirundi ⓘ

Rwanda-Rundi → hasPart → Kirundi ⓘ

Rwanda-Rundi → closelyRelatedTo → Kirundi ⓘ

Rwanda-Rundi → hasStandardVariety → Kirundi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Kirundi

Government of Burundi → officialLanguage → Kirundi ⓘ