Countries
Burma
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
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French-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
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Not available
  
désolé
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Ha
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Français
  
French Name
rundi
  
français
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
Standard French
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Kirundi and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and French language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs French Difficulty
The Kirundi vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.