Kinyarwanda

E65621
Bantu language language natural language

Kinyarwanda is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Rwanda, where it serves as a national and widely used lingua franca.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kinyarwanda canonical 51
Kinyarwanda language 4
Standard Kinyarwanda 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
belongsToLinguisticArea Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Bantu languages of East Africa
closelyRelatedTo Kirundi ⓘ
Rwanda-Rundi ⓘ
surface form: Rundi
countryOfPrimaryUse Rwanda ⓘ
glottologCode kiny1244 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Rwanda ⓘ
Rwandan ⓘ
hasDialects multiple dialects ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry true ⓘ
hasGrammarFeature extensive noun class agreement ⓘ
object markers on verbs ⓘ
subject-verb agreement ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative ⓘ
polysynthetic (verb morphology) ⓘ
hasNativeName Kinyarwanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ikinyarwanda
hasNounClassSystem true ⓘ
hasPhonemicInventory includes contrastive tone ⓘ
includes prenasalized consonants ⓘ
hasStandardForm Kinyarwanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standard Kinyarwanda
hasStandardizationBody Rwandan Academy of Language and Culture (RALC) ⓘ
hasTonalPhonology true ⓘ
isLinguaFrancaOf Rwanda ⓘ
isNationalLanguageOf Rwanda ⓘ
ISO639-1Code rw ⓘ
ISO639-2Code kin ⓘ
ISO639-3Code kin ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageOf Rwanda ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu ⓘ
macrolanguageStatus individual language ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SVO ⓘ
region Great Lakes Region of Africa ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes region of Africa
spokenIn Burundi ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
subfamily Great Lakes Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Great Lakes Bantu

Rwanda-Rundi ⓘ
usedAsL2By many inhabitants of Rwanda ⓘ
usedInEducationIn Rwanda ⓘ
usedInGovernmentIn Rwanda ⓘ
usedInMediaIn Rwanda ⓘ
usedInOfficialDocumentsIn Rwanda ⓘ
usedInReligiousContextsIn Rwanda ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Friends World Committee for Consultation → hasOfficialLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Rwanda → officialLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kirundi → closelyRelatedTo → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kirundi → neighboringLanguages → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kinyarwanda → hasNativeName → Kinyarwanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ikinyarwanda
Kinyarwanda → hasStandardForm → Kinyarwanda self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Kinyarwanda
Butaro, Rwanda → languageUsed → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kigali → officialLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
VOA Africa → languageOfBroadcast → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Trust Territory of Ruanda-Urundi → officialLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Tindyebwa Agaba Wise → languageSpoken → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Narrow Bantu → includes → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinyarwanda language
Bantoid languages → hasNotableLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Louise Mushikiwabo → languageSpoken → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Rwandan franc → languageOnCurrency → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Parliament of Rwanda → languageUsed → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Hutu → primaryLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Senate of Rwanda → languageUsed → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Tutsi → languageSpoken → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Proto-Bantu → ancestorOf → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinyarwanda language
Ha language → closelyRelatedTo → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinyarwanda language
Kiha → closelyRelatedTo → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kiha → hasNeighborLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Bantu E languages → hasMember → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
East African languages → includesLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
East African languages → hasLinguaFranca → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Inshuti Mu Buzima → languageOfName → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Great Lakes Bantu languages → hasMember → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Great Lakes Bantu languages → hasNotableLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Ruvubu River → languageOfName → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Interahamwe militias → languageOfName → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda → hasLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Goma → languageUsed → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Rwandan Academy of Language and Culture (RALC) → languageOfWorkOrName → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
subject surface form: Rwandan Academy of Language and Culture
Rwandan Academy of Language and Culture (RALC) → hasMainLanguageFocus → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
subject surface form: Rwandan Academy of Language and Culture
Proto–Benue–Congo language → hasDescendant → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kinyarwanda language
Rwanda-Rundi → hasPart → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Rwanda-Rundi → closelyRelatedTo → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Rwanda-Rundi → hasStandardVariety → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Kinyarwanda
Northern Province, Rwanda → officialLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Burera District → hasOfficialLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Rwanda Ministry of Health → hasOfficialLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Burera District health catchment area → languageOfAdministration → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Burera District authorities → languageOfAdministration → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Government of Rwanda → officialLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Supreme Court of Rwanda → languageOfProceedings → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Kigali Province → languageUsed → Kinyarwanda ⓘ
Gasabo District → hasOfficialLanguage → Kinyarwanda ⓘ