ICU Locale “Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)” (rw_RW)

General Information

Property	Value
Base locale ID	rw_RW
Language	rw
Country	RW
Display name	Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)
Display name with dialect	Kinyarwanda (Rwanda)
Character orientation	left-to-right
Line orientation	top-to-bottom
ISO 639-2/T language code	kin
Java Locale	rw-RW
Other data sources	compare

Numbers

Property	Value
Currency symbol	RF
Decimal separator	,
Digit	#
Exponent separator	E
Grouping separator	.
Infinity	∞
International currency symbol	RWF
Minus sign	-
Monetary decimal separator	,
NaN	NaN
Pad escape	*
Pattern Separator	;
Percent	%
Per mill	‰
Plus sign	+
Significant digit	@
Zero digit	0

Dates

Property	Value(s)
AM/PM Strings	AM, PM
Eras	BCE, CE
Era names	BCE, CE
Months	Mutarama, Gashyantare, Werurwe, Mata, Gicuransi, Kamena, Nyakanga, Kanama, Nzeli, Ukwakira, Ugushyingo, Ukuboza
Short months	mut., gas., wer., mat., gic., kam., nya., kan., nze., ukw., ugu., uku.
Short weekdays	cyu., mbe., kab., gtu., kan., gnu., gnd.
Weekdays	Ku cyumweru, Kuwa mbere, Kuwa kabiri, Kuwa gatatu, Kuwa kane, Kuwa gatanu, Kuwa gatandatu
Format	Pattern
Date.3	Example: 2025-11-16 Pattern: y-MM-dd Local Pattern: y-MM-dd
Date.2	Example: 2025 ugu. 16 Pattern: y MMM d Local Pattern: y MMM d
Date.1	Example: 2025 Ugushyingo 16 Pattern: y MMMM d Local Pattern: y MMMM d
Date.0	Example: 2025 Ugushyingo 16, Ku cyumweru Pattern: y MMMM d, EEEE Local Pattern: y MMMM d, EEEE

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