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Kirundi and English


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
33  
2
1  
14

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
-  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
36 weeks  
13

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
225,000,000.00  
4
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
12.00 million  
38

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
3  
3
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

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  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
-  

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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.

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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.

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