Countries
Burma
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
goeie more
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
Not available
  
jammer
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
rundi
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
1500
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic
  
All Kirundi and Afrikaans 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 Kirundi and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Afrikaans Speaking population
Kirundi and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Kirundi and Afrikaans on Kirundi vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Afrikaans Language Codes
Kirundi and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.