Countries
Burma
  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
South Africa
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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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
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Thank you
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
How are you?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Night
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Good Evening
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Good Morning
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
Please
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Sorry
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Bye
  
I Love You
Not available
  
I love you
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Excuse Me
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Hiberno-English
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Welsh English
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
United Kingdom
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
400.00 million
  
3
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
400.00 million
  
1
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
English
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
rundi
  
anglais
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Englisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500
  
5th Century AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Standard English
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
en
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
eng
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
eng
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
eng
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
engs
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
stan1293
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic