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 Rwanda-Rundi language cluster
Rwanda–Rundi
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
classificationNote sometimes treated as a single macrolanguage
closelyRelatedTo Kinyarwanda
Kirundi
ethnolinguisticGroup Banyarwanda
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi

Barundi
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
glottologCode rwan1244
guthrieCode JD60
hasPart Ha language
Hangaza
Kinyabwisha
Kinyamulenge
linked to: Banyamulenge

Kinyarwanda
Kirundi
Rufumbira
Shubi
Subi
Vinza
hasStandardVariety Standard Kinyarwanda
linked to: Kinyarwanda

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

Southern Bantoid
languageZone Guthrie Zone J
mutualIntelligibility high between Kinyarwanda and Kirundi
primaryCountry Burundi
Rwanda
region 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 script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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 Rundi
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
Hutu broaderEthnicCategory Banyarwanda
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
Hutu broaderEthnicCategory Barundi
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
Great Lakes peoples includes Banyarwanda
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
Great Lakes Bantu languages hasMember Rundi
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
Rwanda-Rundi ethnolinguisticGroup Banyarwanda
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
Rwanda-Rundi ethnolinguisticGroup Barundi
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
Rwanda-Rundi alternativeName Rwanda–Rundi
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi