Countries
Burma
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-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
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Urakoze
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Ndagusavye
  
bitte
  
Sorry
Not available
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
N’agasaga
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Not available
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Not available
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Ha
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Germany
  
Dialect 3
Shubi
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Tanzania
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Native Speakers
8.80 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
rundi
  
allemand
  
German Name
Kirundi
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Germans
  
Origin
1500
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kirundi
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
rn
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
run
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
run
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
run
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
rund1242
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Kirundi and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kirundi and German language. Kirundi word for "Hello" is Bwakeye or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Kirundi Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kirundi vs German Difficulty
The Kirundi vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kirundi Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kirundi and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kirundi is Not Available while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.