BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
093 / 101Kinyarwanda
IkinyarwandaAt BFSU, Kinyarwanda is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
Rwanda, Uganda, Congo - Kinshasa
- NATIVE NAME
- Ikinyarwanda
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Latin script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Kinyarwanda connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Kinyarwanda is spoken across 3 countries and territories.
No. 50 of 101 languages · No. 52 by territory count
Sub-Saharan Africa
03RwandaUgandaCongo - Kinshasa
From daily conversation in Rwanda, Uganda, and Congo - Kinshasa to education, literature and media, Kinyarwanda carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Kinyarwanda within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Latin script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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