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Kirundi and German


German and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
-  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
19  
9
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
hallo  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Danke  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
guten Morgen  

Please
Ndagusavye  
bitte  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Verzeihung  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
820,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
6,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.39 %  
13

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
rundi  
allemand  

German Name
Kirundi  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Germans  

History

Origin
1500  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
86  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
ger  

ISO 639 3
run  
deu  

ISO 639 6
run  
deus  

Glottocode
rund1242  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Kirundi and German Speaking population

Kirundi and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and German languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Kirundi vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and German Language Codes

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

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