Hunde language

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Hunde
Kihunde
Native toDemocratic Republic of Congo
Native speakers
(200,000 cited 1980)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hke
Glottologhund1239
JD.51[2]

The Hunde are an ethnolinguistic group of about 200,000 people (as of 1980) located in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Hunde live in the province of Nord-Kivu and the regions of Masisi and Rutshuru. The language of the Hunde is Kihunde, and alternate names are Kobi and Rukobi. The history of the Hunde since national independence has been bound up with that of the Kinyarwanda-speaking population in the region, including the recent First and Second Congo Wars.

References

  1. ^ Hunde at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online