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ISO 639-3 · kinkin
Niger–Congo family
Kinyarwanda
Ikinyarwanda
Kinyarwanda is a language of the Great Lakes Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Wikidata counts 12.1 m first-language speakers (2019). Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language spoken in Central Africa and East Africa, official in Rwanda”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kin- ISO 639-1
rw- Glottocode
kiny1244- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Centre point
- -2.00, 30.00
- Wikipedia
- 92 language editions
12.1 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Kinyarwanda · Ikinyarwanda |
|---|---|
| Also called | Rwanda language, Rwandan, Ruanda language, Kinyarwanda language, Nyarwanda |
| L1 speakers | 12,100,000 (2019) |
| All speakers | 9,800,000 (2007) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Rwanda |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
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