Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Burma
National Language
France
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
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
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
bonne Nuit
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
bonsoir
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Bonjour
Mwaramutse
Please
S'il vous plaît
Ndagusavye
Sorry
désolé
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I Love You
Je t'aime
Not available
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Not available
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Dialect 2
African French
Ha
Where They Speak
Africa
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Shubi
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Tanzania
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
français
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Français
Not Available
French Name
français
rundi
German Name
Französisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard French
Kirundi
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
fras
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Glottocode
stan1290
rund1242
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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French 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 French and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Kirundi language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common French Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Kirundi Difficulty
The French vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.