Kinyarwanda–Rundi languages

E617027
Bantu language cluster language group

The Kinyarwanda–Rundi languages are a closely related cluster of Bantu languages spoken primarily in Rwanda and Burundi, including Kinyarwanda and Kirundi.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Rwanda-Rundi language cluster 1
Rwanda-Rundi languages 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language cluster ⓘ
language group ⓘ
areCloselyRelatedTo Rwanda-Rundi NERFINISHED ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligibleWithEachOther true ⓘ
areSometimesConsidered dialects of a single language ⓘ
family Atlantic–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bantoid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Lakes Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Bantoid languages ⓘ
Volta–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottocode rwan1244 ⓘ
GuthrieClassification JD60 ⓘ
hasPart Ha language ⓘ
Hangaza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kinyabwisha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kinyamulenge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kinyarwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
Rufumbira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shubi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Subi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vinza NERFINISHED ⓘ
includeMajorStandardVarieties Kinyarwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
ISO639-3CollectiveCode rwk (for some related varieties) ⓘ
primarySpeakers Burundian people ⓘ
Rwandan people ⓘ
region African Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
shareFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
spokenIn Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboring regions of East Africa ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs national languages in Rwanda and Burundi ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

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

Rwanda-Rundi → alternativeName → Kinyarwanda–Rundi languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rwanda-Rundi language cluster
Proto-Bantu → ancestorOf → Kinyarwanda–Rundi languages ⓘ
Bantu E languages → hasMember → Kinyarwanda–Rundi languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rwanda-Rundi languages