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1 (National)
English
[eng]
1 (National). Statutory national working language (2003, Constitution, Article 5). 1,865,470 in Rwanda, all users. L1 users: 5,470 in Rwanda (2011 UNSD). L2 users: 1,860,000 (Pinyon and Haydon 2010).
French
[fra]
1 (National). Statutory national working language (2003, Constitution, Article 8). 727,030 in Rwanda, all users. L1 users: 3,030 in Rwanda (2011 UNSD). L2 users: 724,000 (Beck et al 2018).
Kinyarwanda
[kin]
1 (National). Statutory national language (2003, Constitution, Article 8). 11,600,000 in Rwanda (2018 J. Leclerc). Total users in all countries: 13,133,980.
Swahili
[swh]
1 (National). Statutory national working language (2017, Organic Law No. 02/2017/OL of 20/04/2017). 18,000 in Rwanda (2018 J. Leclerc).
5 (Dispersed)
Nyankore
[nyn]
5* (Dispersed). 13,000 in Rwanda (2018 J. Leclerc).
5 (Developing)
Rwandan Sign Language
[rsn]
5* (Developing). 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).
Unestablished
Rundi
[run]
Unestablished. 565,000 in Rwanda (2018 J. Leclerc).
