Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
Burma
  
National Language
Spain
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
hola
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
triste
  
Not available
  
Bye
adiós
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
8.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Not Available
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
rundi
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Spanish and Kirundi 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 Spanish and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Kirundi language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Spanish vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish Alphabets and Kirundi 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 Spanish and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.