Kirundi and Finnish
Countries
Burma
European Union, Finland
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
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Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Hyvää huomenta
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Finland
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Shubi
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Suomi
French Name
rundi
finnois
German Name
Kirundi
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Kirundi
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed Finnish
Glottocode
rund1242
finn1318
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Kirundi and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Kirundi and Finnish Speaking population
Kirundi and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Kirundi and Finnish on Kirundi vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kirundi and Finnish Language Codes
Kirundi and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.