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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Democratic Republic of the Congo > Hunde

Hunde

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3hke

Population  200,000 (1980 UBS).
Region  Nord-Kivu Province, Masisi and Rutshuru territories.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names   Kihunde, Kobi, Rukobi
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 75% with Tembo [tbt], 65% with Nande [nnb], 57% with Nyanga [nyj] and Shi [shr], 50% with Lega-Shabunda [lea].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Shi-Havu (J.50)
Language development  NT: 1987.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Traditional religion, Christian.