RUN ISO 639-3
Rundi
Ikirundi Autonym
A language of Burundi
- ISO 639
- run
- Alternate Names
- Hima, Kirundi, Urundi
- Autonym
- Ikirundi
- Population
- 10,420,000 in Burundi (2017), increasing. 4,000,000 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 10,000,000. Total users in all countries: 11,253,950.
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 1 (National). Statutory national language (2005, Constitution, Article 5).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Ruanda-Rundi (D.62)
- Dialects
- Ikibo, Ikirundi, Ikiragane, Igisoni, Ikinyabweru, Ikiyogoma, Ikimoso (Urumoso). All dialects except Twa are reportedly very similar to each other and to Kinyarwanda [kin].
- Language Use
- Hima is an ethnic group speaking Rundi or Rwanda [kin]. Home, work, official. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Swahili [swh].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 55%. Taught in primary schools. Taught in secondary schools, as a subject. Literature. Newspapers. Periodicals. Radio. TV. Videos. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible: 1967.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Rundi
- Writing
- Braille script [Brai]. Latin script [Latn], primary usage.
- Other Comments
- Ethnic groups: Hutu 80%–85%, Tutsi 14%–15%, Twa (Gesera, Pygmy) 1% (30,000; Barrett 1982). Christian.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Australia
Language Name
Rundi
User Population
3,100 in Australia (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Rundi
User Population
5,850 in Canada (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Kenya
Language Name
Rundi
User Population
14,000 in Kenya (2019 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Rwanda
Language Name
Rundi
User Population
565,000 in Rwanda (2018 J. Leclerc).
- Location
- Kagera region: Ngara district, Burundi border.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Tanzania
Language Name
Rundi
User Population
246,000 in Tanzania (Mradi wa Lugha za Tanzania 2009).
Map
Location: Widespread.
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