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-''[[Africa]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]''''' [[Rwanda Genealogy|Rwanda]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Language and Languages'''{{Rwanda-sidebar}}
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+|Country=Rwanda
+|Name=Rwanda
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+|Topic Type=Background
+|Background=Languages
+|Rating=Standardized
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+==Description==
+The country's principal and national language is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinyarwanda '''Kinyarwanda'''], which is spoken by nearly all Rwandans.<br>
+<br>
+Official languages in Rwanda are:
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinyarwanda '''Kinyarwanda''']
+* '''English'''
+* '''French'''
+* '''Swahili''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Rwanda," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda#:~:text=Languages, accessed 12 Apr 2022.</ref>
-*[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/kinyarwanda.htm Omniglot] Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda) Alphabet and Pronunciation
+==Word List(s)==
+* [[French Genealogical Word List]]
+* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/kinyarwanda.php Useful phrases in Kinyarwanda] - Omniglot
+* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/swahili.php Useful Swahili phrases] - Omniglot
+* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/french.php Useful French phrases] - Omniglot
+* Bemeriki, Yves. ''Kinyarwanda language : the Kinyarwanda phrasebok and dictionary.'' n.p.: n.p., 2017. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1001953912 WorldCat].
+* Mawadza, Aquilina. ''Kinyarwanda-English/English-Kinyarwanda Dictionary and Phrasebook.'' U.S.: Hippocrene Books, Incorporated, 2016. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1023194210 WorldCat].
+* Benjamin, Martin. ''Swahili phrasebook & dictionary.'' Footscray, Victoria: Lonely Planet, 2014. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/879400470 WorldCat].
+==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
+'''Alphabet'''
+* [https://omniglot.com/writing/kinyarwanda.htm#:~:text=Kinyarwanda%20alphabet Kinyarwanda alphabet] - Omniglot
+* [https://omniglot.com/writing/swahili.htm#:~:text=Swahili%20alphabet Swahili alphabet] - Omniglot
+* [https://www.omniglot.com/writing/french.htm#:~:text=French%20alphabet French alphabet] - Omniglot
+'''Pronunciation'''
+* [https://omniglot.com/writing/kinyarwanda.htm#:~:text=pronunciation Kinyarwanda pronunciation] - Glosbe
+* [https://omniglot.com/writing/swahili.htm#:~:text=pronunciation Swahili pronunciation] - Omniglot
+* [https://www.omniglot.com/writing/french.htm#:~:text=French%20pronunciation French pronunciation] - Omniglot
+==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
+'''Dictionaries'''
+* Zemback, A. H. ''English-Kinyarwanda dictionary : Kinyarwanda-English.'' Charleston, SC: n.p., 2009. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/601576461 WorldCat].
+* Niyomugabo, Cyprien, J. P. Hagenimana, and C. Ntawizera. ''Kinyarwanda-English, English-Kinyarwanda dictionary.'' Kigali, Oxford, UK: Fountain Publishers, 2009. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/416776164 WorldCat].
+* Bimbenet, Charles, Janet Gough, Cordelia Lily, Christian Salzédo, and Anna Stevenson. ''Collins Robert French Dictionary.'' New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2020. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1235897568 WorldCat].
+* Johnson, Frederick and A. C. Madan. ''A English-Swahili dictionary.'' New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 2002. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/52726835 WorldCat].
+* Perrott, D. V. and J. C. Russell. ''Swahili dictionary : Swahili-English/English-Swahili.'' London: Teach Yourself, 2003. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/61175439 WorldCat].
+'''Online Dictionaries'''
+* [https://glosbe.com/en/rw Dictionary English - Kinyarwanda] - Glosbe
+* [https://glosbe.com/sw/en Dictionary Swahili - English] - Glosbe
+* [https://glosbe.com/en/fr Dictionary English - French] - Glosbe
+'''Language Aids'''
+* [https://omniglot.com/language/french/index.htm French grammar] - Omniglot
+* Kimenyi, Alexandre. ''A relational grammar of Kinyarwanda.'' Ann Arbor, Mich: University Microfilms International, 1990. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/869755714 WorldCat].
+* Ashton, E. O. ''Swahili grammar.'' Essex, U.K: Longman Group, 1982. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/779217248 WorldCat].
+==Additional Resources==
+== References  ==
+{{reflist}}
+[[Category:Rwanda]]
+[[Category:Language and Handwriting]]