Rwanda-Rundi

Rwanda-Rundi
Rwanda-Rundi
Region	Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania
Ethnicity	Hutu, Tutsi, Twa, Ganwa, Ha, Shubi, Hangaza, Vinza
Native speakers	(20 million cited 2001–2007)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Rwanda-Rundi; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kinyarwanda; Rundi (Kirundi); Ha; Shubi; Hangaza; Vinza;
Official status
Official language in	Rwanda; (as Kinyarwanda); Burundi; (as Kirundi)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; kin – Kinyarwanda; run – Rundi; haq – Ha; suj – Shubi; han – Hangaza; vin – Vinza
Glottolog	rwan1241

Rwanda-Rundi or West Highlands Kivu is a group of Bantu languages, specifically a dialect continuum, spoken in Central Africa. Two dialects, Kirundi and Kinyarwanda, have been standardized as the national languages of Burundi and Rwanda respectively. These neighbouring dialects are mutually intelligible, but other dialects which are more distant ones may not be. The other dialects are spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinyabwisha in North Kivu), Uganda (Rufumbira, spoken by the Bafumbira in Kisoro District), and Tanzania; Ha, with one million speakers, is the most widely spoken.