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Name:
Rwanda
Alternate Names:
Kinyarwanda; Ruanda; Ikinyarwanda; Orunyarwanda; Urunyaruanda; Runyarwanda
Spoken in:
Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi
Number of speakers:
6,490,000 in Rwanda (1998). Population total all countries: 7,504,900
(Ethnologue)
Code:
kin
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Rwanda-Rundi (J.60) (rwnr)
Child Dialects:
Hutu; Lera; Ululera; Hera; Ndara; Shobyo; Tshogo; Ndogo (kin-hut)
Rufumbira (kin-ruf)
Rutwa; Twa (kin-rut)
Mulenge; Kinyamulenge (kin-mul)
Igikiga; Kiga; Tshiga (kin-igi)
Bwisha; Kinyabwisha (kin-bwi)
Bufumbwa (kin-buf)
Map of Rwanda
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