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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Burma

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Burundi, Gambia

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
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Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Kinyarwanda Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2621
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2119
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

76
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Bwakeye

Thank You

Thank you
Urakoze

How Are You?

How are you?
Urakomeye?

Good Night

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza

Good Evening

Good Evening
Mwiriwe

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe

Good Morning

Good Morning
Mwaramutse

Please

Please
Ndagusavye

Sorry

Sorry
Ndasubiza

Bye

Bye
N’agasaga

I Love You

I love you
Ndi waramutse

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Ndasaba

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Rwanda-Rundi

Where They Speak

United States of America
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Ha

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.00990,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Shubi

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.00153,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1886
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million8.80 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million8.80 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
íkiRǔndi

Alternative Names

English
Rundi, Urundi

French Name

anglais
rundi

German Name

Englisch
Kirundi

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[kɪˈrʊndi]

Ethnicity

English people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa

History

Origin

5th Century AD
1500

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard English
Kirundi

Language Position

386
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Kirundi Sign Language

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

en
rn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
run

ISO 639 2/B

eng
run

ISO 639 3

eng
run

ISO 639 6

engs
run

Glottocode

stan1293
rund1242

Linguasphere

52-ABA
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Kirundi Alphabets

English and Kirundi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Kirundi. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn English and Kirundi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Kirundi languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Kirundi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Kirundi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Kirundi Speaking population

English and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of English and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Kirundi on English vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Kirundi Language Codes

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