Rwanda
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English
[eng] Users: 1,865,470 in Rwanda, all users. L1 users: 5,470 in Rwanda (2011 UNSD). L2 users: 1,860,000 (Pinyon and Haydon 2010). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national working language (2003, Constitution, Article 5). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Users: 727,030 in Rwanda, all users. L1 users: 3,030 in Rwanda (2011 UNSD). L2 users: 724,000 (Beck et al 2018). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national working language (2003, Constitution, Article 8). Alternate Names: français. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Kinyarwanda
[kin] Users: 11,600,000 in Rwanda (2018 J. Leclerc). Total users in all countries: 13,133,980. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (2003, Constitution, Article 8). Alternate Names: Hima, Orunyarwanda, Ruanda, Rwanda, Rwandan, Urunyaruanda. Autonym: Ikinyarwanda. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Ruanda-Rundi (D.61).
Nyankore
[nyn] Users: 13,000 in Rwanda (2018 J. Leclerc). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Hima. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Nyoro-Ganda (E.13).
Rundi
[run] Users: 565,000 in Rwanda (2018 J. Leclerc). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Ruanda-Rundi (D.62).
Rwandan Sign Language
[rsn] Scattered. Users: 33,700, all users. L1 users: 33,500 (2021 S. Munana). The Rwandan deaf community (33,500) and about 200 hearing persons use RSL. L2 users: 200 (2021 S. Munana). Status: 5* (Developing). Alternate Names: Amarenga y’Ikinyarwanda, Amarenga yo mu Rwanda, RSL. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Swahili
[swh] Scattered. Users: 18,000 in Rwanda (2018 J. Leclerc). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national working language (2017, Organic Law No. 02/2017/OL of 20/04/2017). Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, G, Swahili (G.42).