Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Burma
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
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Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Thank you
Urakoze
How Are You?
How are you?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Sorry
Sorry
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I Love You
I love you
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Excuse Me
Excuse Me
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Dialect 1
American English
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
United States of America
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Ha
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Tanzania
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Shubi
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Tanzania
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
English
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
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French Name
anglais
rundi
German Name
Englisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
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Ethnicity
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Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
5th Century AD
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Signed English
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
engs
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Glottocode
stan1293
rund1242
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Kirundi Speaking population
English and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of English and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Kirundi on English vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
English and Kirundi Language Codes
English and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.