Kinyarwanda is a language of the Bantu family spoken by about 10 million people, mainly in Rwanda. It is mutually intelligible with Kirundi, spoken mainly in neighboring Burundi.
Kinyarwanda is one of the four official languages of Rwanda (along with English, French and Kiswahili) and is spoken by almost all of the native population. That contrasts with most modern African states, whose borders were drawn by colonial powers and do not correspond to ethnic boundaries or precolonial kingdoms
The mutually intelligible Kirundi dialect is the official language of neighbouring Burundi. Kinyabwisha and Kinyamulenge are the mutually intelligible dialects spoken in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces of neighbouring DR Congo.
This website provides some basic information for English speakers with any level of interest, especially to people who may want to visit Rwanda.
The following guide will let you try out some basic Kinyarwanda:
