Kinyarwanda–Rundi languages

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

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language cluster ⓘ
language group ⓘ
areCloselyRelatedTo Rwanda-Rundi ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligibleWithEachOther true ⓘ
areSometimesConsidered dialects of a single language ⓘ
family Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Great Lakes Bantu languages ⓘ
Southern Bantoid languages ⓘ
Volta–Congo languages ⓘ
glottocode rwan1244 ⓘ
GuthrieClassification JD60 ⓘ
hasPart Ha language ⓘ
Hangaza ⓘ
Kinyabwisha ⓘ
linked to: Kinyamulenge

Kinyamulenge ⓘ
Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
Rufumbira ⓘ
Shubi ⓘ
Subi ⓘ
Vinza ⓘ
includeMajorStandardVarieties Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kirundi ⓘ
ISO639-3CollectiveCode rwk (for some related varieties) ⓘ
primarySpeakers Burundian people ⓘ
Rwandan people ⓘ
region African Great Lakes region ⓘ
East Africa ⓘ
shareFeature SVO basic word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
spokenIn Burundi ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
neighboring regions of East Africa ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
usedAs national languages in Rwanda and Burundi ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Proto-Bantu → ancestorOf → Kinyarwanda–Rundi languages ⓘ
Bantu E languages → hasMember → Rwanda-Rundi languages ⓘ
linked to: Kinyarwanda–Rundi languages
Rwanda-Rundi → alternativeName → Rwanda-Rundi language cluster ⓘ
linked to: Kinyarwanda–Rundi languages