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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.
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 .
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 ...
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]
The Rwanda Bill is expected to face intense scrutiny in the House of Lords (Leon Neal/PA) There is an expectation that if the Bill survives the House of Commons, it will face heavy scrutiny in the ...
Rwanda marked the 30th anniversary on Sunday. * In 1990, rebels of the Tutsi-dominated Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) invaded northern Rwanda from neighbouring Uganda. The RPF's success prompted ...
Hutus speak Rwanda-Rundi as their native tongue, which is a member of the Bantu subgroup of the Niger–Congo language family. Rwanda-Rundi is subdivided into the Kinyarwanda and Kirundi dialects, which have been standardized as official languages of Rwanda and Burundi, respectively. It is also spoken as a mother tongue by the Tutsi and Twa.