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 (6)

Label Occurrences
Banyarwanda 6
Rwanda-Rundi canonical 3
Barundi 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 (15)

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
Havu → neighboringPeoples → Banyarwanda ⓘ
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
Bantu zone E → hasLanguage → Rwanda ⓘ
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
Banyankole people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Banyarwanda ⓘ
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi
Rakai District → hasEthnicGroup → Banyarwanda ⓘ
linked to: Rwanda-Rundi