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Swedish and Kirundi


Kirundi and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Burma   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Sweden   
Burundi, Gambia   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Kinyarwanda Language   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hej   
Bwakeye   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Urakoze   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Urakomeye?   

Good Night
godnatt   
Ijoro ryiza   

Good Evening
god kväll   
Mwiriwe   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
Mwiriwe   

Good Morning
god morgon   
Mwaramutse   

Please
vänligen   
Ndagusavye   

Sorry
ledsen   
Not available   

Bye
hej då   
N’agasaga   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Not available   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Rwanda-Rundi   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Ha   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
990,000.00   
25

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Shubi   

Where They Speak
France   
Tanzania   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
153,000.00   
24

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
8.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
íkiRǔndi   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Not Available   

French Name
suédois   
rundi   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Kirundi   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa   

History

Origin
13th Century   
1500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Kirundi   

Language Position
89   
99+
86   
99+

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
rn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
run   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
run   

ISO 639 3
swe   
run   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
rund1242   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Swedish 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 Swedish and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swedish and Kirundi Speaking population

Swedish and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Kirundi on Swedish vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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