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Kirundi
Kirundi

French
French



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Countries

Countries

Burma
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

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Gambia
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Kinyarwanda Language
Italian Language

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2126
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1920
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Bwakeye
bonjour

Thank You

Urakoze
Merci

How Are You?

Urakomeye?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Ijoro ryiza
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Mwiriwe
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Mwiriwe
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Mwaramutse
Bonjour

Please

Ndagusavye
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Ndasubiza
désolé

Bye

N’agasaga
au revoir

I Love You

Ndi waramutse
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Ndasaba
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Rwanda-Rundi
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ha
African French

Where They Speak

Tanzania
Africa

How Many People Speak

990,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Shubi
Swiss French

Where They Speak

Tanzania
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

153,000.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

625
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

8.80 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.80 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

12.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

íkiRǔndi
français

Alternative Names

Rundi, Urundi
Français

French Name

rundi
français

German Name

Kirundi
Französisch

Pronunciation

[kɪˈrʊndi]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
French people

History

Origin

1500
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Kirundi
Standard French

Language Position

8613
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

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Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

rn
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

run
fra

ISO 639 2/B

run
fre

ISO 639 3

run
fra

ISO 639 6

run
fras

Glottocode

rund1242
stan1290

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

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Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Kirundi and French Alphabets

Kirundi and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kirundi and French. In Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Kirundi and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kirundi and French languages. The Kirundi phonology consist Kirundi vowels and Kirundi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kirundi greetings vs French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kirundi and French are Most Spoken Languages.

All Kirundi and French 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 French dialects. Various dialects of Kirundi and French language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kirundi are spoken in different Kirundi Speaking Countries whereas French Dialects are spoken in different French speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kirundi vs French Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi, Ha. French dialects include: Quebec French , African French. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Kirundi and French Speaking population

Kirundi and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and French languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Kirundi vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and French Language Codes

Kirundi and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.