 Kinyarwanda, English, French, and Swahili are all official languages.Kinyarwanda is the national language while English is the primary medium of instruction in secondary and tertiary education.Swahili, the lingua franca of the East African Community, is also spoken by some as a second language, particularly returned refugees from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and those who live along the border with the DRC.