Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
Burma
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
Jowo
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
binu
  
Not available
  
Bye
bye
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Tanzania
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Not Available
  
French Name
yoruba
  
rundi
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
4 BC
  
1500
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Kirundi language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is Not Available.