Hunde language

Hunde
Kihunde
Native toDemocratic Republic of Congo
EthnicityHunde people
Native speakers
950,000[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hke
Glottologhund1239
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 Kalehe.[3] There are also some speakers in neighbouring Rwanda and southwestern Uganda. Look up Yahunde, Bahunde, Yahudi, Yakobi, Kobi.

References

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


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