Kirundi and Igbo
Countries
Burma
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Equatorial Guinea
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
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.
  
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
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
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
kedụ
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
dalụ
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
ka chi fo
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
mgbede ọma
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
ehihie ọma
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
Biko
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Ndo
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Not available
  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
ngọpụ
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Enuani
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Ngwa
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
igbo
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ibo
  
French Name
rundi
  
igbo
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Ibo-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Igbo people
  
Origin
1500
  
30th Century BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Standard Igbo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
ig
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
ibo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
rund1242
  
nucl1417
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
  
All Kirundi and Igbo 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 Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Igbo Speaking population
Kirundi and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo 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 Igbo on Kirundi vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Igbo Language Codes
Kirundi and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.