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Definition of Kinyarwanda
1. Noun. A Bantu language.
Definition of Kinyarwanda
1. Proper noun. A Bantu language of Rwanda, closely related to Kirundi and an official language of Rwanda. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kinyarwanda
Literary usage of Kinyarwanda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The War Within the War: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Eastern Congo by Joanne Csete, Juliane Kippenberg (2002)
"They spoke kinyarwanda and Lingala—they were both Congolese and Interahamwe.
They gave themselves names like Kofi and Bamba. It didn't take too long. ..."
2. Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence During the Rwandan Genocide and Its Aftermath by Human Rights Watch/Africa, Africa Human Rights Watch (1996)
"Beginning in 1990, over a dozen newspapers in kinyarwanda or French were launched
that systematically exploited ethnic hatred.6 Although they had a ..."
3. Protectors Or Pretenders?: Government Human Rights Commissions in Africa by Binaifer Nowrojee (2001)
"It was noted too that there was some variation between the kinyarwanda, French
and English texts of the law, and recommended that the translations be made ..."
4. Hidden in Plain View: Refugees Living Without Protection in Nairobi and Kampala by Alison Parker, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2002)
"358 One Rwandan who had requested an interview in kinyarwanda was refused by the
Special Branch, and his claim for refugee status was later rejected.359 ..."
5. Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (1999)
"The campaign has its own song, which is played on national radio. In November
1994, 500000 posters and booklets in kinyarwanda were distributed ..."
6. The Reconfiguration of Political Order in Africa: A Case Study of North Kivu by Denis M. Tull (2005)
"For example, the Mouvement Culture! des Banyarwanda Congolais (MCBC), also known
under the kinyarwanda term ..."
7. Tanzania: Violence Against Women Refugees by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2000)
"93 "Interahamwe" was the kinyarwanda (a Rwandan language) name for the mostly
Hutu militia that carried out the 1994 genocide of Tutsi in Rwanda. ..."
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