Kinyarwanda also known as Rwandan is a national language of Rwanda along with French and English and spoken by almost all of the 11 million inhabitants of the country. Kinyarwanda is the second most widely spoken Bantu language after Kiswahili. It is a sister dialect of Kirundi the national language of Burundi so Burundians can understand Kinyarwanda well. Kinyarwanda speakers are also found in Uganda Tanzania and in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are an estimated 20 million native speakers of Kinyarwanda worldwide. Kinyarwanda has two major dialects the northern dialect Igikiga and the southern dialect Ikinyanduga and both have subdialects. The differences among these dialects however are mainly lexical and phonetic. This unique twopart resource provides travelers to Rwanda with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics.Includes 4000 dictionary entries phonetics that are intuitive for English speakers essential phrasees for travel and business and a concise grammar and pronunciation section.