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French and Kirundi


Kirundi and French


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
32  
3
1  
14

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

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
6,200,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
African French  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
274,000,000.00  
1
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
18
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
12.00 million  
38

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  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Kirundi  

Language Position
13  
12
86  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
-  

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  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
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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.

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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

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