Kinyarwanda is a Bantu language and the national language of Rwanda, where it is official alongside English, French and Swahili. Nearly the whole population speaks it, which makes Rwanda unusual among African countries, most of which are multilingual at street level; estimates put speakers at over 12 million. Kinyarwanda is closely related to Kirundi, the language of neighbouring Burundi, and the two are mutually intelligible to a large degree. It is a tonal language with the noun-class system typical of Bantu languages, and it is written in the Latin alphabet. Rwandan communities abroad, including those in the UK, continue to use Kinyarwanda at home and in community life.
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