ISO 639-3 · nynnyn
Niger–Congo family
Runyankole
Runyankole is a language of the Great Lakes Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Uganda. Wikidata counts about 2.3 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language spoken by the Nkore and Hema peoples of Southwestern Uganda”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
nyn- Glottocode
nyan1307- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 4 Educational
- Wikipedia
- 19 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
4EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Runyankole |
|---|---|
| Also called | Nyankore, Runyankore, Orunyankole, Orunyankore, Nkole |
| All speakers | 2,300,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 4 Educational4
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Runyankole
The branches above Runyankole, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Uganda
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mlugLugandaNiger–Congo · 5.1 m3 · Wider CommunicationlajLangoNilo-Saharan · 2.1 m5 · DevelopingachAcholiNilo-Saharan · 1.2 m5 · DevelopingbfaBariNilo-Saharan · 480,0003 · Wider CommunicationadhAdholaNilo-Saharan · 480,0005 · DevelopingkcnNubiArabic-based pidgin and creole languages · 42,0006b · ThreatenedrwmAmbaNiger–Congo · 40,1006b · Threatened