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Kirundi and Estonian


Estonian and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia   
Estonia, Gambia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language   
Finnish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
19   
9
18   
8

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye   
Tere   

Thank You
Urakoze   
aitäh   

How Are You?
Urakomeye?   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
Mwiriwe   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
Mwaramutse   
Tere hommikust   

Please
Ndagusavye   
Palun   

Sorry
Not available   
Vabandust   

Bye
N’agasaga   
Head aega   

I Love You
Not available   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
Not available   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ha   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Georgia, South Estonia   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million   
99+
1.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.80 million   
99+
0.95 million   
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Eesti keel   

French Name
rundi   
estonien   

German Name
Kirundi   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   
Estonians   

History

Origin
1500   
13th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Estonian   

Language Position
86   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
rn   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
run   
est   

ISO 639 3
run   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Kirundi and Estonian Speaking population

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

Kirundi and Estonian Language Codes

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

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