Kinyarwanda mutauro unowanikwa kuRwanda uri muboka remitauro yeBantu. Kinyarwanda inoti umunyu (salt); VaShona vanoti munyu. Kinyarwanda inoti inyota (thirst); VaShona vanoti nyota. Kinyarwanda inoti kota (warm oneself by the fire); VaShona vanoti kugota. Kinyarwanda inoti umwotsi (smoke); VaShona vanoti hutsi. Kinyarwanda inoti urupfu (death); VaShona vanoti rufu. Mwana (Child) ndizvo zvimwechete kuKinyarwanda nekuShona. Kinyarwanda inoti gupfukama (to kneel); VaShona vanoti kupfugama. Kinyarwanda inoti gupima (measure, weigh, examine); VaShona vanoti kupima. Kinyarwanda inoti gupfa (to die); VaShona vanoti kufa. Kinyarwanda inoti umupira (rubber); VaShona vanoti mupira. Kinyarwanda inoti kureka (to stop, leave off, refrain from, cease, forsake, allow); VaShona vanoti kurega. Kurindira (to wait for, expect) ndizvo zvimwechete kuKinyarwanda nekuShona. Mururimi rweKinyarwanda vanoti Kuringanira (to be even ,equal, flat) kuShona vanoti kuringana. Muramu (Sister-in-law of man; Brother-in-law of woman) ndizvo zvimwechete kuKinyarwanda nekuShona.