Language code: rn
Technical information about ISO 639 language code rn
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The table below provides technical details for the Rundi language, designated by the rn code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Rundi Native Ikirundi |
| Family | Bantu |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central RundiKirimiroBuyengeroBururiMugambaNgozi |
| Related languages | KinyarwandaHaLugandaNyankore |
| Key facts | Part of the Rwanda–Rundi subgroup of Great Lakes BantuAround 85 % mutual intelligibility with KinyarwandaUses 16 noun classes that govern agreement across the sentencePhonemic tone distinguishes both words and grammatical formsRich oral tradition of proverbs (imigani) and narrative poems (amagenge). |
| Sample phrase | Bwakeye, amakuru yawe? |
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Rundi, also known as Kirundi, belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, more specifically to the Bantu subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Burundi and is written using the Latin script. It is estimated that there are more than 13 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
12M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Rundi speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
rn-BI – Rundi (Burundi)
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- What is Localizely?
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- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
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