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Rundi (tongue)

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 nameKirundi
CountriesBurundi , Tanzania , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Uganda
Official statusBurundi
Total number of speakersabout 6 million
Classification
CategoryAfrican languages

Nigerian-Congolese macro-family

Benue Congolese family
Bantoid branch
Bantu Group
J / D Zone
Group J / D60
Writinglatin
Language Codes
GOST 7.75–97rune 567
ISO 639-1rn
ISO 639-2run
ISO 639-3run
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
EgoYes
OyaNo
Uravuga icongereza?You speak English?
Bite?What happened?
MwaramutseHello / hello
Ikirundi n'ikinyarwanda bisa nk'igi czek n'igi slovakRundi and Rwanda are close as Czech and Slovak
AmataMilk
EjoYesterday
Eejo *Tomorrow
Nzoza ejo / Nzoz'ejoI will come tomorrow
UbuNow
Faransa / UbufaransaFrance
Ngereza / UbwongerezaEngland
Leta zunz'ubumwe z'AmerikaUSA
UbudagiGermany
UbubirigiBelgium
* eejo is pronounced the same as ejo , differing only in spelling

Notes

  1. ↑ Rundi Wikipedia: statistics page

Links

  • Rundy at Ethnologue
  • Rundi Information by PanAfricanL10n
  • Rundi textbook in Spanish
Source - https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rundi ( language )&oldid = 93159980


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