Kinyarwanda

From Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kin):

Alternate Names: Ikinyarwanda, Orunyarwanda, Ruanda, Rwanda, Rwandan, Urunyaruanda

Population: 6,490,000 in Rwanda (1998). Population total all countries: 7,189,900.

Location: Also in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (Fumbira).

Language Status: Statutory national language (2003, Constitution, Article 5).

Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Rwanda-Rundi (D.61)

Dialects:
Bufumbwa, Gitwa, Hutu (Hera, Lera, Ndara, Ndogo, Shobyo, Tshogo, Ululera), Igikiga (Igishiru, Ikigoyi, Kiga, Tshiga), Ikinyanduga, Rutwa (Twa). Intelligible of Rundi [run].

Typology: SVO

Language Development: Poetry. New media. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar.

Writing: Braille script. Latin script, primary usage.

Abbreviation: 
kin
ISO Code: 
kin

Newest terms in Kinyarwanda

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-twe

Kinyarwandaizina - noun (Kinyarwanda)
Definition: Igice cy'umubiri kibaho amaso, umunwa, amatwi n'umusatsi, muri cyo hakabamo n'ubwonko
Plural | Wingi imitwe

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ko

Kinyarwandaicyungo - conjunction (Kinyarwanda)
Definition: ijambo rihuza igitekerezo cyavuzwe mbere n'igikurikiraho
Examples: 

He said that he would come

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neza

Kinyarwandaumugereka - adverb (Kinyarwanda)
Definition: mu buryo bonoze cyangwa bushimishije

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