Countries
Burma
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cuba
Regulated By
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Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
French Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2129
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1920
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bwakeye
Bonjou
Thank You
Urakoze
Mèsi
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Bon apre-midi
Please
Ndagusavye
Souple
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Dezole
Bye
N’agasaga
Babay
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
990,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Cayes
How Many People Speak
153,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
rundi
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Kirundi
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Haitians
Origin
1500
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Haitian Creole
Language Position
8699
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
hat
ISO 639 2/B
run
hat
ISO 639 3
run
hat
ISO 639 6
run
hat
Glottocode
rund1242
hait1244
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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