Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 nnb
Nande Language Yira
Nande is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 10 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Nande is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Nande
About the Nande language
Nande (Yira) is spoken by about 10 million people, which makes it the 122nd most spoken language in the world — just behind Malvi (10 million) and ahead of Xhosa (10 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Rwenzori group within the Benue-Congo branch.
Where is Nande spoken?
Nande is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in DR Congo (10 million).
Nande is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Nande is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Kinyarwanda, Rundi, Ganda, Kenyi, Nyankole, Gusii and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 nnb.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.