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
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
Not available
désolé
I Love You
Not available
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
Not available
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Ha
African French
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Shubi
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Northeast France, Switzerland
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
français
Alternative Names
Not Available
Français
French Name
rundi
français
German Name
Kirundi
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Not Available
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Standard French
Signed Forms
Not Available
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
rund1242
stan1290
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-i
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
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.