Rundi ( Kirundi ) is the language of the Rundi people, one of the Bantu languages spoken by 6 million people in Burundi and the surrounding areas of Tanzania and Congo , as well as in Uganda .
| Rundy | |
|---|---|
| Self name | Kirundi |
| Countries | Burundi , Tanzania , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Uganda |
| Official status | Burundi |
| Total number of speakers | about 6 million |
| Classification | |
| Category | African languages |
Nigerian-Congolese macro-family
| |
| Writing | latin |
| Language Codes | |
| GOST 7.75–97 | rune 567 |
| ISO 639-1 | rn |
| ISO 639-2 | run |
| ISO 639-3 | run |
| WALS | |
| Ethnologue | |
| Guthrie | |
| ABS ASCL | |
| IETF | |
| Glottolog | |
Residents of Rwanda and Burundi belong to three different ethnic groups: Hutu , Tutsi and Twa ( Pygmy people ). 84% of the speakers belong to the Hutu tribe, 15% - Tutsi and 1% - Twa .
Content
Writing
Writing - based on the Latin alphabet .
Rundi Wikipedia
There is a Wikipedia section in the Rundi language (“ Wikipedia in the Rundi language ”). As of 1:24 p.m. ( UTC ) on September 13, 2019, the section contains 614 articles (total number of pages is 2,330); 5878 participants are registered in it, one of them has administrator status; 5 participants have performed any actions in the last 30 days; the total number of edits during the existence of the section is 20,292 [1] .
Classification
Malcolm Gasri included Rundi (along with Rwanda and several other languages) in group D60 of zone D, assigning him the number D62. Later, based on this group (as well as a number of others from zones D and E), zone J was formed, which was absent in Hasri. Therefore, now, according to the SIL classification and the classification of the Tervuren school , the Rundi language has the number J62.
Rundi is very close to the language of Rwanda , the main language of neighboring Rwanda , and the Giha language, common in western Tanzania . Rundi and Rwanda are mutually understood.
Vocabulary
| Phrase Examples | |
|---|---|
| Ego | Yes |
| Oya | No |
| Uravuga icongereza? | You speak English? |
| Bite? | What happened? |
| Mwaramutse | Hello / hello |
| Ikirundi n'ikinyarwanda bisa nk'igi czek n'igi slovak | Rundi and Rwanda are close as Czech and Slovak |
| Amata | Milk |
| Ejo | Yesterday |
| Eejo * | Tomorrow |
| Nzoza ejo / Nzoz'ejo | I will come tomorrow |
| Ubu | Now |
| Faransa / Ubufaransa | France |
| Ngereza / Ubwongereza | England |
| Leta zunz'ubumwe z'Amerika | USA |
| Ubudagi | Germany |
| Ububirigi | Belgium |
| * eejo is pronounced the same as ejo , differing only in spelling | |
Notes
- ↑ Rundi Wikipedia: statistics page