Kinyarwanda

See also: kinyarwanda

English

Etymology

From Rwanda-Rundi Ikinyarwanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɪn.jə.ruˈæn.də/, /ˌkiːn.jə.ruˈɑːn.də/

Proper noun

Kinyarwanda

1. The dialect Rwanda of the Rwanda-Rundi language.

Related terms

• Rwandan
• Rwandophone

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卢旺达语

• Dutch: Kinyarwanda (nl) n
• Finnish: ruanda (fi)
• German: Kinyarwanda (de) n
• Japanese: ルワンダ語 (ja) (Ruwanda-go)
• Portuguese: quiniaruanda (pt) f
• Russian: руа́нда (ru) m (ruánda), киньяруа́нда (ru) m (kinʹjaruánda)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Ikinyarwanda (rw)
• Swahili: Kinyarwanda

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code rw, ISO 639-3 code kin (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Kinyarwanda, kin ⁠

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

Kinyarwanda class VII (no plural)

1. The Kinyarwanda language.