Countries
Burma
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2127
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1921
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Kaixo
Thank You
Urakoze
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Gabon
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Egun on
Please
Ndagusavye
Mesedez
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Barkatu
Bye
N’agasaga
Agur
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
France
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Souletin
Where They Speak
Tanzania
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
990,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Spain
How Many People Speak
153,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million7.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Euskara
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
rundi
basque
German Name
Kirundi
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Basque people
Origin
1500
c. 1000
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Basque
Language Position
8630
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Basque Sign Language
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
rn
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
eus
ISO 639 2/B
run
baq
ISO 639 3
run
eus
ISO 639 6
run
eus
Glottocode
rund1242
basq1248
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative