Rwanda-Rundi

Rwanda-Rundi
Region	Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, DR Congo, Tanzania, Kenya
Ethnicity	Hutu, Tutsi, Twa, Ganwa, Ha, Shubi, Hangaza, Vinza
Native speakers	20 million (2001–2007)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Rwanda-Rundi
Dialects	Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) Rundi (Kirundi) Ha Shubi Hangaza Vinza Kinyabwisha Kinyamulenge Rufumbira
Official status
Official language in	Rwanda (as Kinyarwanda)  Burundi (as Kirundi)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: kin – Rwanda run – Rundi haq – Ha suj – Shubi han – Hangaza vin – Vinza
Glottolog	rwan1241

Rwanda-Rundi 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, Kinyamulenge in South Kivu), Uganda (Rufumbira, spoken by the Bafumbira in Kisoro District), and Tanzania; Ha, with one million speakers, is the most widely spoken.