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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Burma
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
41
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Burundi, Gambia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2421
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
55
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2119
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
3NA
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
36 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Habari
Bwakeye
3.2 Thank You
Asante
Urakoze
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
Urakomeye?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
Ijoro ryiza
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Mwiriwe
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Mwiriwe
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Mwaramutse
3.8 Please
tafadhali
Ndagusavye
3.9 Sorry
pole
Not available
3.10 Bye
bye
N’agasaga
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
Not available
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
Not available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Rwanda-Rundi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
Ha
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Tanzania
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA990,000.00
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimgao
Shubi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
Tanzania
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA153,000.00
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
126
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million8.80 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.13 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million8.80 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
íkiRǔndi
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
swahili
rundi
5.3.5 German Name
Swahili
Kirundi
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th century
1500
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
Kirundi
6.3.3 Language Position
NA86
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sw
rn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
swa
run
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
swa
run
7.3 ISO 639 3
swa
run
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
swah1254
rund1242
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Not Available
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Swahili and Kirundi Alphabets

Swahili and Kirundi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Kirundi. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Swahili and Kirundi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Kirundi languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Kirundi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Kirundi are Most Spoken Languages.

All Swahili and Kirundi Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Swahili and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Swahili and Kirundi Speaking population

Swahili and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Swahili and Kirundi on Swahili vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Kirundi Language Codes

Swahili and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.