Kinyarwanda

Rwanda
Rwanda
Ikinyarwanda
Native to	Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethnicity	Hutu, Tutsi
Native speakers	15 million (2014–2024)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Rwanda-Rundi Rwanda; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Official status
Official language in	Rwanda
Language codes
ISO 639-1	rw
ISO 639-2	kin
ISO 639-3	kin
Glottolog	kiny1244
Guthrie code	JD.61
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Kinyarwanda is the official language of Rwanda. Many natives in the country speak it.^[source?] 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.^[source?]

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Rwanda
Ikinyarwanda
Native to	Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethnicity	Hutu, Tutsi
Native speakers	15 million (2014–2024)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Rwanda-Rundi Rwanda
Official status
Official language in	Rwanda
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`rw`
ISO 639-2	`kin`
ISO 639-3	`kin`
Glottolog	`kiny1244`
Guthrie code	`JD.61`
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