Finnish and Kirundi
Countries
European Union, Finland
Burma
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Mwaramutse
Sorry
Anteeksi
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I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
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Excuse Me
Anteeksi
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Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Finland
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Shubi
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
Tanzania
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Suomi
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French Name
finnois
rundi
German Name
Finnisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
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Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
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Branch
Finnic
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Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
No early forms
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Kirundi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
finn1318
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Finnish 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 Finnish and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Kirundi Speaking population
Finnish and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is Not Available 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 Finnish and Kirundi on Finnish vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Kirundi Language Codes
Finnish and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.