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Estonian and Kirundi


Kirundi and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
aitäh   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Mwaramutse   

Please
Palun   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Not available   

Bye
Head aega   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Native Name
eesti keel   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Not Available   

French Name
estonien   
rundi   

German Name
Estnisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
13th century   
1500   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Kirundi   

Language Position
Not Available   
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
run   

ISO 639 3
est   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Estonian and Kirundi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Estonian and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Kirundi Speaking population

Estonian and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available 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 Estonian and Kirundi on Estonian vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Kirundi Language Codes

Estonian and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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