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Kirundi
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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Burma

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Burundi, Gambia

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Not Available

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Kinyarwanda Language

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

21
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

19
Rank: 9 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Bwakeye

3.2 Thank You

Urakoze

3.3 How Are You?

Urakomeye?

3.4 Good Night

Ijoro ryiza

3.5 Good Evening

Mwiriwe

3.6 Good Afternoon

Mwiriwe

3.7 Good Morning

Mwaramutse

3.8 Please

Ndagusavye

3.9 Sorry

Not available

3.10 Bye

N’agasaga

3.11 I Love You

Not available

3.12 Excuse Me

Not available

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Rwanda-Rundi

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

20,000,000.00
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Ha

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Tanzania

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

990,000.00
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Shubi

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Tanzania

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

153,000.00
Rank: 24 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

8.80 million
Rank: 59 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

8.80 million
Rank: 49 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

íkiRǔndi

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Not Available

5.3.4 French Name

rundi

5.3.5 German Name

Kirundi

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa

6 History

6.1 Origin

1500

6.2 Language Family

Niger-Congo Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Kirundi

6.3.3 Language Position

86
Rank: 57 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Not Available

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

rn

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

run

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

run

7.3 ISO 639 3

run

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

rund1242

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Not Available

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Kirundi language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Kirundi language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Kirundi language states that it was put to use in 1500. The history of Kirundi language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Kirundi Language History. Kirundi has no early forms. Kirundi is the standard form of Kirundi language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Kirundi Language.

Kirundi population

Kirundi population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Kirundi language. Kirundi language is spoken by 8.80 million people in the world. Most of the Kirundi population lies in the Kirundi Speaking Countries. Kirundi language is spoken as first language by 8.80 million people and no total count of people speaking Kirundi as second language. Get to know Kirundi speaking population in detail.

Kirundi writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Kirundi writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Kirundi language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Kirundi language. Learn more about . 

Information about Kirundi language

Check out all the information about Kirundi language here. You may find it interesting to learn Kirundi Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Kirundi Speaking Countries, Kirundi speaking continents and Kirundi Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Kirundi countries knowing common Kirundi Greetings will help you in communicating with Kirundi people.