Hunde 3925370 135226517 2007-06-02T01:39:40Z Blake3522 4260561 rm {{language |name=Kihunde |familycolor=Niger-Congo |states=[[Democratic Republic of Congo]] |region=[[Central Africa]] |speakers=200,000 |fam2=[[Atlantic-Congo languages|Atlantic-Congo]] |fam3=[[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]] |fam4=[[Benue-Congo languages|Benue-Congo]] |fam5=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam6=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern]] |fam7=[[Narrow Bantu languages|Narrow Bantu]] |fam8=Central |fam9=J |fam10=ShiHavu |iso1=|iso2=|iso3=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 languages|Niger-Congo]], [[Atlantic-Congo languages|Atlantic-Congo]], [[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]], [[Benue-Congo languages|Benue-Congo]], [[Bantoid]], [[Southern Bantoid languages|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 Congo War|First]] and [[Second Congo War]]s. {{nc-lang-stub}} [[Category:Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] [[Category:Bantu languages]] [[Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] [[pl:Język hunde]]