Countries
Burma
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Not Available
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
German and English Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Urakoze
dankjewel
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
goedemorgen
Please
Ndagusavye
alsjeblieft
Sorry
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sorry
I Love You
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Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Not available
pardon
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Gronings
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Netherlands
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Shubi
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Belgium, Netherlands
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Not Available
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
rundi
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Kirundi
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Dutch people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
rund1242
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
Language Type
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Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
All Kirundi and Dutch 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 Kirundi and Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Dutch Speaking population
Kirundi and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Kirundi and Dutch on Kirundi vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Dutch Language Codes
Kirundi and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.