Countries
Burma
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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.
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Bwakeye
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
rundi
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500
  
1887
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Esperanto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Kirundi and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Esperanto language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Esperanto word for "Thank You" is Dankon. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Esperanto Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Esperanto Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.