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Estonian and Kirundi


Kirundi and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
aitäh  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Palun  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Head aega  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
eesti keel  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
estonien  
rundi  

German Name
Estnisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
13th century  
1500  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Kirundi  

Language Position
22  
20
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
run  

ISO 639 3
est  
run  

ISO 639 6
est  
run  

Glottocode
esto1258  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Estonian and Kirundi Speaking population

Estonian and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % 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 Estonian and Kirundi on Estonian vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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