• Hardcover: 2216 pages
• Publisher: Bible Society of Rwanda (1997)
• Language: Kinyarwanda
• ISBN-10: 9966409963
• ISBN-13: 978-9966409966 / 9789966409966
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 1.4 inches

Kinyarwanda (IPA: [iciɲɑɾɡwɑːndɑ]); called in Uganda Igifumbira) is an official language of Rwanda and a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language spoken by 12 million people in Rwanda, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjacent parts of southern Uganda. (The Kirundi dialect is the official language of neighbouring Burundi.)

Kinyarwanda is one of the three 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.

Rwanda
Kinyarwanda
Native to	Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	9.8 million (2007)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Rwanda-Rundi Rwanda
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	Rwanda
Language codes
ISO 639-1	rw
ISO 639-2	kin
ISO 639-3	kin
Glottolog	kiny1244[2]
Guthrie code	JD.61[3]
Linguasphere	99-AUS-df