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Kirundi and English


English and Kirundi


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

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

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

Alphabets
21   
3
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
990,000.00   
25
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

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   

History

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   

Language Position
86   
99+
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Kirundi and English 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 English dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kirundi and English Speaking population

Kirundi and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and English languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Kirundi vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and English Language Codes

Kirundi and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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