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Kirundi and Finnish


Finnish and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Moi  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Ndagusavye  
haluta  

Sorry
Not available  
Anteeksi  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Heippa  

I Love You
Not available  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Not available  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Finland  

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

Dialect 2
Ha  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Finland, Rauma  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
25
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
24
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
21  
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Suomi  

French Name
rundi  
finnois  

German Name
Kirundi  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
1500  
1543  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Not Available  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
86  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
fin  

ISO 639 3
run  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
rund1242  
finn1318  

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, Synthetic  

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

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Kirundi and Finnish Speaking population

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

Kirundi and Finnish Language Codes

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

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