Countries
Burma
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
hola
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Not available
  
triste
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
rundi
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic