Kunda language

{{Short description|Bantu language of Zimbabwe and Zambia}}

{{distinguish|Kunda language (Democratic Republic of Congo)}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Kunda

|nativename={{lang|kdn|Cikunda}}

|states=Zimbabwe, Zambia, into Mozambique

|region=

|speakers={{sigfig|157,260|2}}

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|ethnicity=Akunda

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Nyasa

|fam7=Sena (N40)

|iso3=kdn

|glotto=kund1255

|glottorefname=Chikunda

|guthrie=N.42

}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Pidgin Chikunda

|states=Mozambique

|region=Zambezi River

|extinct=?

|ref=

|familycolor=Pidgin

|family=Kunda-based pidgin

|iso3=none

|glotto=none

|guthrie=N.40A

|ELP=none

}}

Kunda (Chikunda) is a Bantu language of Zimbabwe, with some thousands of speakers in Zambia and Mozambique.

There is an extinct pidgin Chikunda once used for trade.