Muraho!
say it: “moo-RAH-hoh”
Kinyarwanda
in its own words: Ikinyarwanda
- Speakers
- 15 million (estimate)
- Family
- Niger-Congo – Bantu
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, United Republic of Tanzania, Uganda
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Rwanda
Fun fact
Kinyarwanda is spoken by nearly all Rwandans, which is rare in Africa. It is mutually intelligible with Kirundi of Burundi.