ISO 639-3 · runrun
Niger–Congo family
Kirundi
Ikirundi
Kirundi is a language of the Great Lakes Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Burundi, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Wikidata counts 10.8 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
run- ISO 639-1
rn- Glottocode
rund1242- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Centre point
- -3.00, 30.00
- Wikipedia
- 87 language editions
10.8 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kirundi · Ikirundi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Rundi, Ikirundi, Ki-Rundi |
| L1 speakers | 10,800,000 (2019) |
| All speakers | 8,800,000 (2007) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Burundi |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Kirundi
The branches above Kirundi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken