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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Burma

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
Burundi, Gambia

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
Kinyarwanda Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2621
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2019
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Bwakeye

Thank You

Merci
Urakoze

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Urakomeye?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Ijoro ryiza

Good Evening

bonsoir
Mwiriwe

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Mwiriwe

Good Morning

Bonjour
Mwaramutse

Please

S'il vous plaît
Ndagusavye

Sorry

désolé
Ndasubiza

Bye

au revoir
N’agasaga

I Love You

Je t'aime
Ndi waramutse

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Ndasaba

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Rwanda-Rundi

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Ha

Where They Speak

Africa
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.00990,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Shubi

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.00153,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

256
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million8.80 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million8.80 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
íkiRǔndi

Alternative Names

Français
Rundi, Urundi

French Name

français
rundi

German Name

Französisch
Kirundi

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[kɪˈrʊndi]

Ethnicity

French people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa

History

Origin

9th Century
1500

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard French
Kirundi

Language Position

1386
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Kirundi Sign Language

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

fr
rn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
run

ISO 639 2/B

fre
run

ISO 639 3

fra
run

ISO 639 6

fras
run

Glottocode

stan1290
rund1242

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
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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

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Kirundi Alphabets

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

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

French and Kirundi Speaking population

French and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of French and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Kirundi on French vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Kirundi Language Codes

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