Hunde

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Kihunde
Spoken in: Democratic Republic of Congo 
Region: Central Africa
Total speakers: 200,000
Language family: Niger-Congo
 Atlantic-Congo
  Volta-Congo
   Benue-Congo
    Bantoid
     Southern
      Narrow Bantu
       Central
        J
         ShiHavu
          Kihunde
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: hke

The Hunde are an ethnolinguistic group of about 200,000 people (as of 1980) located in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Hunde live in the province of Nord-Kivu and the regions of Masisi and Rutshuru. According to Ethnologue, the linguistic lineage of the Hunde is Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, and Shi-Havu. The language of the Hunde is Kihunde, and alternate names are Kobi and Rukobi. The history of the Hunde since national independence has been bound up with that of the Kinyarwanda-speaking population in the region, including the recent First and Second Congo Wars.

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