Countries
Burma
  
Estonia, European Union
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Estonia, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute of the Estonian Language
  
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.
  
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Finnish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Estonian-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
  
Tere
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
aitäh
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
kuidas sul läheb
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
Head ööd
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
Tere õhtust
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
Tere päevast
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Tere hommikust
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
Palun
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Vabandust
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Head aega
  
I Love You
Not available
  
ma armastan sind
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Vabandage
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Keskmurre
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Tartu
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Georgia, South Estonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Idamurre
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
1.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
0.95 million
  
99+
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
eesti keel
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Eesti keel
  
French Name
rundi
  
estonien
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Estnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Estonians
  
Origin
1500
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Uralic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Finno-Ugric
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Finnic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Estonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Estonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
et
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
est
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
est
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
est
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
esto1258
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
Kirundi and Estonian 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 Estonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and Estonian language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or Estonian word for "Thank You" is aitäh. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and Estonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs Estonian Difficulty
The Kirundi vs Estonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and Estonian 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 Estonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and Estonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn Estonian time required is 44 weeks.