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Kinyarwanda is a Bantu language spoken by 99% of the people in Rwanda and is one of the official languages. There are also native Kinyarwanda speakers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda. Globally, over 20 million people speak Kinyarwanda.
Most Rwandan and Congolese refugees settling in the United States speak Kinyarwanda. There are Kinyarwanda-speaking communities in Arkansas, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Texas, and Wisconsin.