Kirundi

Rundi
Ikirundi
The Kirundi text on the back of the truck warns cyclists not to hold on to it.
Native to	Burundi
Ethnicity	Hutu Tutsi Twa Ganwa
Native speakers	13 million (2021)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Western Lakes Bantu Rwanda-Rundi Rundic Rundi
Dialects	Ikibo Ikirundi Ikiragane Igisoni Ikinyabweru Ikiyogoma Ikimoso
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Burundi
Language codes
ISO 639-1	rn Rundi
ISO 639-2	run Rundi
ISO 639-3	run Rundi
Glottolog	rund1242  Rundi rund1241  Rundi-Kitwa
Guthrie code	JD.62
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Kirundi, also known as Rundi, is a Bantu language and the national language of Burundi. It is mutually intelligible with Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda, and the two languages form parts of the Rwanda-Rundi dialect continuum spoken in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Kenya.

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