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 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 English and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Kirundi language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common English Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Kirundi Difficulty
The English vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.