The Abatutsi, or Tutsi are an ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region.
They are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group
And the second largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi.
They speak Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, and, Swahili languages.
They defined "Tutsi"
As anyone owning more than ten cows
A sign of wealth
Or with the physical features of a longer thin nose, high cheekbones,
And being over six feet tall,
All of which are common descriptions associated with the Tutsi.
People used to say that Tutsis came to the Great Lakes area from the Horn of Africa.
Some researchers think that Tutsis are of Cushitic descent,
Who are against Bantu groups like the Hutu and other groups
In Uganda and the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Even though they don’t speak a Cushitic language
It does, however, refer to a group of languages.
For example, the Bantu lemma and the lemma on
“Bantu people”
Both say that Bantu people speak Bantu languages.
The Tutsi and the Hutu both speak the same Bantu language,
So they are both Bantu people
They have lived in the places they are now for at least 400 years,
Which has caused a lot of marriages between them and Hutu people in the area.
Rwanda the 'Land of a Thousand Hills'
And Burundi are countries located in East part of Africa
Where Tutsi lived
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