Kirundi
Kirundi, also known as Rundi, is a Bantu language spoken by some 9 million people in Burundi and adjacent parts of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as in Uganda. It is the official language of Burundi. Kirundi is mutually intelligible with Kinyarwanda, an official language of Rwanda, and the two form part of the wider dialect continuum known as Rwanda-Rundi.

Kirundi is natively spoken by the Hutu, including Bakiga and other related ethnicities, as well as Tutsi, Twa and Hima among others have adopted the language. Neighbouring dialects of Kirundi are mutually intelligible with Ha, a language spoken in western Tanzania.

Kirundi is one of the languages where Meeussen's rule, a rule describing a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages, is active.
Q33146
Bantu language
Concept
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Burundi
LOC
Q924
Tanzania
LOC
Q974
Democratic Republic of the Congo
LOC
Q1036
Uganda
LOC
Q23492
official language
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Q829257
mutually intelligible
UNK
Q33573
Kinyarwanda
Concept
Q1037
Rwanda
LOC
Q215844
dialect continuum
Concept
Q3217514
Rwanda-Rundi
LOC
Q192647
Hutu
Concept
Q804430
Bakiga
Concept
Q193092
Tutsi
Concept
Q7857394
Twa
LOC
Q13207
Hima
MEDIA
Q829257
mutually intelligible
UNK
Q3105505
Ha
Concept
Q924
Tanzania
LOC
Q2309250
Meeussen's rule
ORG
Q33583
Kirundi
MEDIA
Q33583
Kirundi
MEDIA
Q33583
Kirundi
MEDIA
Q33583
Kirundi
MEDIA
Q33583
Kirundi
MEDIA
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