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Hunde language

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Hunde
Kihunde
Native toDemocratic Republic of Congo
EthnicityHunde people
Native speakers
(200,000 cited 1980)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3hke
Glottologhund1239
JD.51[2]

Hunde (Kihunde; also Luhunde, Kobi, Rukobi) is a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by the Hunde people or Bahunde in Nord-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is primarily spoken in the territories of Masisi, Walikale, Nyiragongo, Rutshuru and Kalahe.

References

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  1. ^ Hunde at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online