Hunde language

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Hunde
Kihunde
Native toDemocratic Republic of Congo
EthnicityHunde people
Native speakers
600,000[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hke
Glottologhund1239
JD.51[2]

Hunde (Kihunde; also Kobi, Rukobi) is a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by the Hunde people in Nord-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is primarily spoken in the area around the towns of Masisi and Rutshuru.[3] There are also some speakers in neighbouring Rwanda and southwestern Uganda.

References

  1. ^ Hunde at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ "Hunde". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-07-20.