| Ruund | |
|---|---|
| Chiluwunda | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo,Angola |
| Region | Copperbelt |
Native speakers | (250,000 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rnd |
| Glottolog | ruun1238 |
L.53[2] | |
Ruund (Ruwund), also known asNorthern Lunda orUruund, is aBantu language of theDemocratic Republic of the Congo andAngola. It is highly unusual amongBantu languages for allowingconsonantalcodas and for its reduced vowel system, in which short /e/ and /o/ have become [i] and [a] respectively, leaving only 3 short vowels.[3]
Another interesting feature of Ruund is that, as with the relatedCiluba language, the tones of Proto-Bantu have reversed, so that High has become Low and vice versa.[4] In this language therefore the accented syllables are Low and the default tone is High.
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