Rwanda Languages
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Description[edit | edit source]
The country's principal and national language is Kinyarwanda, which is spoken by nearly all Rwandans.
Official languages in Rwanda are:
- Kinyarwanda
- English
- French
- Swahili [1]
Word List(s)[edit | edit source]
- French Genealogical Word List
- Useful phrases in Kinyarwanda - Omniglot
- Useful Swahili phrases - Omniglot
- Useful French phrases - Omniglot
- Yves Bemeriki, Kinyarwanda language : the Kinyarwanda phrasebok and dictionary, 2017 - Available at WorldCat
- Aquilina Mawadza, Kinyarwanda-English/English-Kinyarwanda Dictionary and Phrasebook, Hippocrene Books, Incorporated, 2016 - Available at WorldCat
- Martin Benjamin & Elin Berglund, Swahili phrasebook & dictionary, Footscray, Victoria : Lonely Planet, 2014 - Available at WorldCat
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Alphabet
- Kinyarwanda alphabet - Omniglot
- Swahili alphabet - Omniglot
- French alphabet - Omniglot
Pronunciation
- Kinyarwanda pronunciation - Glosbe
- Swahili pronunciation - Omniglot
- French pronunciation - Omniglot
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Dictionaries
- A H Zemback, English-Kinyarwanda dictionary, Charleston, SC : 2009 - Available at WorldCat
- Cyprien Niyomugabo, J P Hagenimana & C Ntawizera, Kinyarwanda-English, English-Kinyarwanda dictionary, Kigali : Fountain Publishers ; Oxford, UK : Distributed in Europe and Commonwealth countries outside Africa by African Books Collective, 2009 - Available at WorldCat
- Charles Bimbenet, Janet Gough, Cordelia Lily, Christian Salzédo & Anna Stevenson, Collins Robert French Dictionary, Glasglow : HarperCollins Publishers, 2020 - Available at WorldCat
- Frederick Johnson & A C Madan, A English-Swahili dictionary, New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 2002 - Available at WorldCat
- D V Perrott; J C Russell, Swahili dictionary : Swahili-English/English-Swahili, London : Teach Yourself, 2003 - Available at WorldCat
Online Dictionaries
- Dictionary English - Kinyarwanda - Glosbe
- Dictionary Swahili - English - Glosbe
- Dictionary English - French - Glosbe
Language Aids
- French grammar - Omniglot
- Alexandre Kimenyi, A relational grammar of Kinyarwanda, Ann Arbor, Mich : University Microfilms International, 1990 - Available at WorldCat
- E O Ashton, Swahili grammar, Essex, U.K. : Longman Group, 1982 - Available at WorldCat
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Rwanda," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda#:~:text=Languages, accessed 12 Apr 2022.