Book excerpt: The Ciyawo-English dictionary has been designed to help English language speakers improve their Ciyawo language skills for social engagement, work and business in the following ways: It helps a learner of Ciyawo identify and learn the 3,000 most important and frequently used words in the Yawo language. It gives a learner the most important meanings of each Ciyawo word in Ciyawo and English. It shows a learner how a Ciyawo word is used in a sentence and also gives a translation of each sentence in English to help a learner fully grasp the meaning.