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French vs Kirundi


Kirundi vs French


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
1  
14

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  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Merci  
Urakoze  

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  
Not available  

Bye
au revoir  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
20,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 2
African French  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
990,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
153,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Français  
Not Available  

French Name
français  
rundi  

German Name
Französisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Kirundi  

Language Position
13  
12
86  
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
run  

ISO 639 3
fra  
run  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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French and Kirundi Language History

Comparison of French vs Kirundi language history gives us differences between origin of French and Kirundi language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Kirundi language states that this language originated in 1500. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on French and Kirundi Language History.

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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.

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