Countries
Burma
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
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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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
Bwakeye
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
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yi hakuri
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
rundi
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
1500
  
14
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
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Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
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Scope
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Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
rund1242
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
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Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
  
All Kirundi and Hausa 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 Hausa dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Hausa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Hausa Dialects are spoken in different Hausa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Hausa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Hausa dialects include: Gaananci , Kurhwayanci. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Hausa Speaking population
Kirundi and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Kirundi vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Hausa Language Codes
Kirundi and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.