Kirundi/Rundi

Welcome to the Kirundi page, featuring books, courses, and software to help you learn Kirundi! Kirundi (or Rundi) is a Bantu language spoken by some 8.7 million people in Burundi and in surrounding Tanzania, the Congo, and Uganda. Kirundi is closely related to Kinyarwanda (the main language of Rwanda), with which it is mutually intelligible. If you have any questions or can't find what you need, please e-mail us.

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FSI Kirundi Basic Course
Together with its companion language, Kinyawanda, Kirundi is one of the most important of the Bantu languages. This course is designed to give the student a start in Kirundi, providing dialogues that relate to many of the situations that the beginner is likely to encounter; it also provides for systematic practice in all major points of grammar. 14 CDs or 19 tapes (14 hrs.), 525-p. text.

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$289
Cassette version
$245

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Rwanda and Rundi (Ikinyarwanda – Ikirundi) Newspaper Reader
Louise Nibagwire, R. David Zorc
This book, based on 40 natural language readings, provides the advanced beginner or intermediate student of Rwanda and Rundi with 20 selections for each speech variety. The newspaper selections are complete with all grammatical and lexical information necessary to read them. The book is intended for self-study, but can be used in a classroom situation or with a native tutor. A special feature of the book is its extensive comprehensive glossary that includes glosses for all the words, roots, and affixes which appear in the readings. This book is a companion volume to the Rwanda-Rundi Comparative Grammar (forthcoming). With one 90 min. audio cassette recording of the articles read by a native speaker. 2002, 431 pages, hardbound.

Book and cassette
$154

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