Kinyarwanda

Bantu language spoken in Central Africa and East Africa, official in Rwanda
Intangible natural_language Q33573
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Kinyarwanda

Summary

Kinyarwanda is a natural language[1]. Kinyarwanda draws 1,289 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #112 of 734).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kinyarwanda was influenced by Swahili[3].
  • Kinyarwanda is in the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo[4].
  • Kinyarwanda is in the country of Rwanda[5].
  • Kinyarwanda is in the country of Uganda[6].
  • Kinyarwanda's instance of is recorded as natural language[7].
  • Kinyarwanda's instance of is recorded as modern language[8].
  • Kinyarwanda is a type of Rwanda-Rundi[9].
  • Kinyarwanda's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Kinyarwanda's Commons category is recorded as Kinyarwanda language[11].
  • Kinyarwanda's Wikimedia language code is recorded as rw[12].
  • Kinyarwanda's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -2, 'lon': 30}[13].
  • Kinyarwanda's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kinyarwanda[14].
  • Kinyarwanda's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+12100000'}[15].
  • Kinyarwanda's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+9800000'}[16].
  • Kinyarwanda's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+9300000'}[17].
  • Kinyarwanda's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'rw', 'text': 'Ikinyarwanda'}[18].
  • Kinyarwanda's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'rw', 'text': 'Kinyarwanda'}[19].
  • Kinyarwanda's indigenous to is recorded as North Kivu[20].
  • Kinyarwanda's indigenous to is recorded as South Kivu[21].
  • Kinyarwanda's indigenous to is recorded as Rwanda[22].
  • Kinyarwanda's indigenous to is recorded as Kabale District[23].
  • Kinyarwanda's indigenous to is recorded as Kisoro District[24].
  • Kinyarwanda's indigenous to is recorded as kamukamua Dalton[25].
  • Kinyarwanda's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KIN[26].
  • Kinyarwanda's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 1 National[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[7] and modern language[8]. Kinyarwanda is a type of Rwanda-Rundi[9].

Movements and Schools

Kinyarwanda was influenced by Swahili[3].

Why It Matters

Kinyarwanda draws 1,289 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #112 of 734).[2] Kinyarwanda has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Kinyarwanda is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . davidpbrown.co.uk. davidpbrown.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id C153979
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  2. 21d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for films in this language Category:Kinyarwanda-language films
    Subclass of Rwanda-Rundi
    Umls cui C0682416
    Ethnologue language status 1 National
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