OLAC resources in and about the Kinyarwanda language

ISO 639-3: kin

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

• Primary texts
• Lexical resources
• Language descriptions
• Other resources about the language
• Other resources in the language

Other known names and dialect names: Bufumbwa, Bwisha, Fumbira, Gitwa, Hera, Hutu, Igikiga, Igishiru, Ikigoyi, Ikinyanduga, Ikinyarwanda, Kiga, Kinyabwisha, Kinyamulenge, Lera, Mulenge, Ndara, Ndogo, Orunyarwanda, Ruanda, Rufumbira, Runyarwanda, Rutwa, Rwanda, Rwandan, Shobyo, Tshiga, Tshogo, Twa, Ululera, Urunyaruanda

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Primary texts

1. ONLINERwanda Genesis Translation. Société Biblique au Rwanda. 1993. Société Biblique au Rwanda. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kin_gen-1
2. ONLINEExploration Kinyarwanda Corpus. Rose, Yvan; Paradis, Carolyn. 2013-06-30. TalkBank. oai:talkbank.org:Exploration-Kinyarwanda

Lexical resources

1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Kinyarwanda. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:rw
2. Word list: Kinyarwanda - English -- English - Kinyarwanda. Adamson, Myra. 1983. Rwanda : Free Methodist Mission. oai:gial.edu:24458
3. Dictionnaire phonétique : français-runyarwanda, runyarwanda-français. Schumacher, Peter, d. 1956. 1956. Kabgawi. oai:gial.edu:24460
4. ONLINEKinyarwanda Dictionary. Habumuremyi, Emmanuel (compiler). 2015. SIL International. oai:sil.org:85296
5. ONLINEKinyarwanda Dictionary. n.a. 2015-11-13. SIL Global. oai:webonary.org:134

Language descriptions

1. Studies in Kinyarwanda and Bantu phonology. Kimenyi, Alexandre. 1979. Current inquiry into language and linguistics ; 33. oai:gial.edu:19563
2. A tonal grammar of Kinyarwanda : an autosegmental and metrical analysis. Kimenyi, Alexandre. 2002. Studies in linguistics and semiotics ; v. 9. oai:gial.edu:45667
3. ONLINEGlottolog 5.1 Resources for Kinyarwanda. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:kiny1244
4. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Kinyarwanda. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:kiny1244
5. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Kinyarwanda. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:kin

Other resources about the language

1. ONLINEParlons Kinyarwanda-Kirundi. Gasarabwe, E. 1992. L'Harmattan. oai:refdb.wals.info:3764
2. ONLINEA Relational Grammar of Kinyarwanda. Kimenyi, Alexandre. 1980. University of California Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:3807
3. ONLINEGrammaire Kinyarwanda. Hurel, Père Eug. 1959. s.n. oai:refdb.wals.info:3840
4. ONLINESome Instruments Are Really Good Companions - Some Are Not. On Syncretism and the Typology of Instrumentals and Comitatives. Stolz, Thomas. 1996. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:3933
5. ONLINEJazyk ruanda. Dubnova, Elena Zinovevna. 1979. s. n. oai:refdb.wals.info:4543
6. ONLINEIndirect Objects in Kinyarwanda Revisited. Dryer, Matthew S. 1983. Studies in Relational Grammar 1. oai:refdb.wals.info:4886
7. ONLINEStrategies on constructing a definite description some evidence from Kinyarwanda. Wilkins, Wendy; Kimenyi, Alexandre. 1975. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:5208
8. ONLINELes langages de l'humanité: une encyclopédie des 3000 langues parlées dans le monde. Malherbe, Michael; Rosenberg, S. 1996. Laffont. oai:refdb.wals.info:5673
9. Deskriptive Tonologie des Kinyarwaanda. Sibomana, Leonidas. 1974. Hamburger philologische Studien ; 36. oai:gial.edu:24457
10. Kinyarwanda lessons. Cox, Elizabeth E. 1983. Rwanda : Free Methodist Mission. oai:gial.edu:24459
11. Grammatical relations in Kinyarwanda and universal grammar. Gary, Judith Olmsted. 1976. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Linguistics Club. oai:gial.edu:25687
12. ONLINEKinyarwanda: a language of Rwanda. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:kin
13. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Kinyarwanda. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_kin
14. Possessor ascension in Kinyarwanda. Bickford, J. Albert. 1986. Papers from the general session at the twenty-second regional meeting, Chicago Linguistic Society, part 1, A. M. Farley, P. T. Farley and K. E. McCullough (eds.). oai:sil.org:1224
15. ONLINEINYUGUTE Z’URUFUMBIRA. n.a. 2013. SIL International. oai:sil.org:73823
16. ONLINEITANGAZO RYAMAMAZA HOSE AGACIRO K'UMUNTU: Intangiliro. United Nations Department of Public Information. 1998. United Nations Department of Public Information, NY. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_kin_undec-1

Other resources in the language

1. ONLINEPlaintext Wikipedia dump 2018. Rosa, Rudolf. 2018. Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics (UFAL). oai:lindat.mff.cuni.cz:11234/1-2735
2. ONLINELORELEI Kinyarwanda Incident Language Pack. Tracey, Jennifer; Graff, David; Strassel, Stephanie; Arrigo, Michael; Wright, Jonathan; Bies, Ann. 2022. Linguistic Data Consortium. oai:www.ldc.upenn.edu:LDC2022T01

Other known names and dialect names: Bufumbwa, Bwisha, Fumbira, Gitwa, Hera, Hutu, Igikiga, Igishiru, Ikigoyi, Ikinyanduga, Ikinyarwanda, Kiga, Kinyabwisha, Kinyamulenge, Lera, Mulenge, Ndara, Ndogo, Orunyarwanda, Ruanda, Rufumbira, Runyarwanda, Rutwa, Rwanda, Rwandan, Shobyo, Tshiga, Tshogo, Twa, Ululera, Urunyaruanda

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