Countries
Burma
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Urakoze
Thank you
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
How are you?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Good Night
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Good Morning
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
I love you
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
American English
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
United States of America
Dialect 2
Ha
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Shubi
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Tanzania
United Kingdom
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
English
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
English
French Name
rundi
anglais
German Name
Kirundi
Englisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
English people
Origin
1500
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Standard English
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed English
Glottocode
rund1242
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Kirundi and English Speaking population
Kirundi and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and English languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Kirundi vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and English Language Codes
Kirundi and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.