Countries
Countries
Burma
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
2
13
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Yoruba Academy
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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Alphabets
21
3
29
11
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
12
9
How Many Consonants
19
9
17
7
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
Not Available
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
30 weeks
9
Greetings
Hello
Bwakeye
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
Urakoze
e dupe
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
e kaasan
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
e kaaro
Please
Ndagusavye
Jowo
Sorry
Not available
binu
Bye
N’agasaga
bye
I Love You
Not available
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
Not available
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialects
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
10
500,000.00
34
Dialect 2
Ha
Ede
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
990,000.00
25
800,000.00
27
Dialect 3
Shubi
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
153,000.00
24
10,000.00
34
Total No. Of Dialects
6
6
20
18
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
99+
30.00 million
36
Speaking Population
0.13 %
99+
0.42 %
32
Native Speakers
8.80 million
99+
28.00 million
29
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Not Available
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
rundi
yoruba
German Name
Kirundi
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Yoruba people
History
Origin
1500
4 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Western Sudanic
Branch
Not Available
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Yorùbá
Language Position
86
99+
49
36
Signed Forms
Not Available
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
rn
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
yor
ISO 639 2/B
run
yor
ISO 639 3
run
yor
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
rund1242
yoru1245
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
Analytic, Isolating
