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About Kinyarwanda
Kinyarwanda is one of Africa's most widely spoken Bantu languages relative to country size.
Speakers
12+ million
Language Family
Bantu
Writing System
Latin alphabet
Difficulty
Medium
Spoken in
Why Learn Kinyarwanda?
Rwanda has transformed into a tech hub and tourism destination.
Common Kinyarwanda Words
Start your Kinyarwanda journey with these essential words and phrases.
Muraho
Hello
moo-RAH-hoh
Murakoze
Thank you
moo-rah-KOH-zeh
Yego
Yes
YEH-goh
Oya
No
OH-yah
Amazi
Water
ah-MAH-zee
Ibiryo
Food
ee-BEER-yoh
Inshuti
Friend
een-SHOO-tee
Urukundo
Love
oo-roo-KOON-doh
Murabeho
Goodbye
moo-rah-BEH-hoh
Inzu
House
EEN-zoo
Izuba
Sun
ee-ZOO-bah
Umuntu
Person
oo-MOON-too
History of Kinyarwanda
Kinyarwanda has been spoken in the Great Lakes region for centuries. Rwanda is one of the few African countries where nearly the entire population speaks one indigenous language. After the 1994 genocide, Rwanda rebuilt itself as a technology leader. English became an official language alongside Kinyarwanda and French in 2003.
Is Kinyarwanda Hard to Learn?
Kinyarwanda has Bantu noun classes and agglutinative verb morphology. The phonetics are regular with the Latin alphabet. Mutual intelligibility with Kirundi (Burundi) effectively doubles your reach. Rwanda's strong language policy creates good learning resources.
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