Hunde language

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

Hunde (Kihunde; also Luhunde, Kobi, Rukobi) is a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by the Hunde people in Nord-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Geographic distribution

It is primarily spoken in the territories of Masisi, Rutshuru, Walikale and Nyiragongo.[citation needed]

Hunde has significant lexical overlap with Shi (Mashi, Amashi).

Phonology

Hunde is a tonal language, with register tone.

References

  1. ↑ Hunde at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. 1 2 3 Gordon, Raymond G.; Grimes, Barbara F. (2005). Ethnologue: languages of the world (15th ed.). Dallas: SIL International. p. 100. ISBN 155671159X.
  4. ↑ Watanabe, Tsutomu (31 March 1985). "A Report on Causative Constructions in Kihunde". Studies in language and culture. 3. doi:10.15026/51820. Retrieved 22 September 2026.