Kinyarwanda

Rwanda
Ikinyarwanda
Native toRwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
EthnicityHutu, Tutsi
Native speakers
15 million (2014–2024)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Official status
Official language in
Rwanda
Language codes
ISO 639-1rw
ISO 639-2kin
ISO 639-3kin
Glottologkiny1244
Guthrie code
JD.61[2]

Kinyarwanda is the official language of Rwanda. Many natives in the country speak it. It is mutually intelligible with Rundi, the national language of Burundi, and the two languages form parts of the Rwanda-Rundi dialect continuum spoken in Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Kenya.

References

Kinyarwanda edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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