Countries
Estonia, European Union
  
Burma
  
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 in
Estonian-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
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Idamurre
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
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
  
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.
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.