Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Burma
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Alphabets in
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Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
dankjewel
Urakoze
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
goedenavond
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Mwaramutse
Please
alsjeblieft
Ndagusavye
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ndi waramutse
Dialect 1
Gronings
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Tanzania
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Shubi
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Tanzania
Native Name
Nederlands
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
rundi
German Name
Niederländisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Kirundi Sign Language
Glottocode
mode1257
rund1242
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Kirundi Speaking population
Dutch and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Kirundi on Dutch vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Kirundi Language Codes
Dutch and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.