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may be analyzed as toneless). The realization of tones in Kinyarwanda is influenced by a complex set of phonological rules.

Orthography

Except in a few morphological contexts, the sequences 'ki' and 'ke' may be pronounced interchangeably as and or and according to speaker's preference.

The letters at the end of a word followed by a word starting with a vowel often follows a pattern of omission in common speech (sandhi), though the orthography

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