Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Burma
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-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
ciao
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Not available
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
8.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
Not Available
  
Native Name
Italiano
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Not Available
  
French Name
italien
  
rundi
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
960 BC
  
1500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
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
  
Italian and Kirundi Speaking population
Italian and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Kirundi on Italian vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Italian and Kirundi Language Codes
Italian and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Italian and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.