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Kinyarwanda

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Kinyarwanda From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For the Rwandan film, see Kinyarwanda (film). Rwanda Kinyarwanda Native to Rwanda, Uganda Native speakers 9.8 million (2007) [1] Language family Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Rwanda-Rundi Rwanda Writing system Latin Official status Official language in   Rwanda Language codes ISO 639-1 rw ISO 639-2 kin ISO 639-3 kin Glottolog kiny1244 [2] Guthrie code JD.61 [3] Linguasphere 99-AUS-df This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For a guide to IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Kinyarwanda ( IPA:  [iciɲɑɾɡwɑːndɑ] or IPA:  [iɟiɲɑɾgwɑ:ndɑ] ), known as Urufumbira in Kisoro, Uganda, is an official language of Rwanda and a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language spoken by at least 12 million