Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Burma
  
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
South Africa
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
Similar To
German and English Languages
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hallo
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
dankjewel
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
goede Nacht
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
goedenavond
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
goedemorgen
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
alsjeblieft
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
sorry
  
Not available
  
Bye
vaarwel
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
pardon
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Gronings
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Netherlands
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Limburgian
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
22.00 million
  
35
8.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
6.00 million
  
25
Not Available
  
Native Name
Nederlands
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
  
Not Available
  
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
  
rundi
  
German Name
Niederländisch
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Dutch people
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
AD 450-500
  
1500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
nl
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nld
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
dut
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
nld
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mode1257
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Historical
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Dutch and Kirundi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Dutch and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Kirundi language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Dutch vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Kirundi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Dutch and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.