Hunde language

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Hunde
Kihunde
Native to Democratic Republic of Congo
Ethnicity Hunde people
Native speakers
(200,000 cited 1980) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 hke
Glottolog hund1239
JD.51 [2]

Hunde (Kihunde; also Luhunde, Kobi, Rukobi) is a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by the Hunde people or Bahunde in Nord-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is primarily spoken in the territories of Masisi, Walikale, Nyiragongo, Rutshuru and Kalahe.

References

  1. Hunde at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online