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An anti-AIDS campaign poster in English, Rwanda.Kinyarwanda is the national language of Rwanda, [1] and the first language of almost the entire population of the country. It is one of the country's official languages alongside French, [2] English, [3] and Swahili.
Rwanda-Rundi or West Highlands Kivu is a group of Bantu languages, specifically a dialect continuum, spoken in Central Africa. Two dialects, Kirundi and Kinyarwanda , have been standardized as the national languages of Burundi and Rwanda respectively.
Rwanda joined the East African Community in 2007, and has ratified a plan for monetary union amongst the seven member nations, [176] which could eventually lead to a common East African shilling. [177] Rwanda is a country of few natural resources, [134] and the economy is based mostly on subsistence agriculture by local farmers using simple ...
Major Horn of Africa languages are Somali, Amharic and Oromo. Lingala is important in Central Africa. Important South African languages are Sotho, Tswana, Pedi, Venda, Tsonga, Swazi, Southern Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans. [36] French, English, and Portuguese are important languages in Africa due to colonialism.
Many scholars have concluded that the determination of Tutsi was and is mainly an expression of class or caste, rather than ethnicity. Rwandans have their own language, Kinyarwanda. English, French and Swahili serve as additional official languages for different historic reasons, and are widely spoken by Rwandans as a second language. [29]
Top 10 most popular languages learned on Duolingo. Although there were some changes this year, Duolingo listed the top 10 languages studied in 2023 as: 1. English. 2. Spanish. 3. French. 4. German ...
Pages in category "Languages of Rwanda" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Kinyarwanda, [3] Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, [4] is a Bantu language and the national language of Rwanda. [5] It is a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is also spoken in adjacent parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Uganda , where the dialect is known as Rufumbira or Urufumbira .