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Language code: kin

Technical information about ISO 639 language code kin

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The table below provides technical details for the Kinyarwanda language, designated by the kin code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

kin

Name

Official

Kinyarwanda

Native

Ikinyarwanda

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Central (Kigali)Northeastern (Byumba)Northwestern (Gisenyi)Southwestern (Cyangugu)
Related languages
KirundiHaRunyankoreRukiga
Key facts
Belongs to the Rwanda–Rundi subgroup of Bantu languagesMutually intelligible with Kirundi to a high degreeUses a two-tone (high and low) system that distinguishes meaningFeatures around 16 noun classes typical of Bantu morphologyOrthography is nearly phonemic and uses 23 basic Latin letters without diacritics
Sample phrase

Muraho, amakuru yawe?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Kinyarwanda language, identified by the code kin, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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