Tutsi

Also known as Abatutsi, Watutsi, Watusi, Wahuma, Wahima, Imfure, Batutsi, Watoetsi

The Tutsi ( ), also called Watusi, Watutsi or Abatutsi (), are an ethnic group established primarily in Rwanda and Burundi. They are a Bantu-speaking people and the second-largest of three main ethnic groups in Rwanda and Burundi, the other two being the Hutu and Twa.

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The Tutsi are an ethnic group primarily living in Rwanda and Burundi who speak Bantu languages and make up the second-largest population in those countries after the Hutu. Understanding the Tutsi matters because ethnic divisions in Rwanda and Burundi have been central to major historical conflicts and political developments in the region.

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Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Tutsi Abatutsi
Ethnic group.pop1: 1.7 million (14% of the total population)
Ethnic group.pop2: 1–2 million (9%–15% of the total population)
Ethnic group.rels: Christianity (80%), Islam (5%)
Ethnic group.langs: Kinyarwanda, Kirundi
Ethnic group.related: Other Rwanda-Rundi peoples and Hima people

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Population: 2000000
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Contents

Origins and classification
Genetics
Y-DNA (paternal lineages)
Autosomal DNA (overall ancestry)
Height
History
Independence of Rwanda and Burundi (1962)
Ethnic violence in Burundi (1993)
1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Culture
Tutsi in the Congo
Banyarwanda in North Kivu and South Kivu
Conflict and Contemporary Issues
Notable people
References
External links

Historically, the Tutsi were pastoralists and filled the ranks of the warrior caste. Before 1962, they regulated and controlled Rwandan society, which consisted of Tutsi aristocrats and Hutu commoners under a clientship structure. The Tutsi occupied the dominant positions in the sharply stratified society and constituted the ruling class.