Countries
Burma
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Urakoze
Thank you
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
How are you?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Good Night
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Good Morning
Sorry
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Sorry
I Love You
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I love you
Excuse Me
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Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
American English
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
United States of America
Dialect 2
Ha
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Shubi
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Tanzania
United Kingdom
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
English
Alternative Names
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French Name
rundi
anglais
German Name
Kirundi
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
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Origin
1500
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Standard English
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
rund1242
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Kirundi and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kirundi and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and English language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs English Difficulty
The Kirundi vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kirundi and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.