"Rwandophone" meaning in English

See Rwandophone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Rwandophone (not comparable)
  1. Having Kinyarwanda as one’s mother tongue; Kinyarwanda-speaking. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Rwandophone-en-adj-snfUY3Hc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -phone Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phone: 74 26

Noun

Forms: Rwandophones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Rwandophone (plural Rwandophones)
  1. A person whose mother tongue is Kinyarwanda.
    Sense id: en-Rwandophone-en-noun-FbYYwRFT

Inflected forms

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