Countries
Countries
Burma
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2118
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1913
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Bwakeye
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Urakoze
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Ndagusavye
le do thoil
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Tá brón orm
Bye
N’agasaga
Slán
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialects
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Connacht
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Munster
How Many People Speak
990,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Ulster
How Many People Speak
153,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
rundi
irlandais moyen
German Name
Kirundi
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Irish people
History
Origin
1500
c. 750
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Kirundi
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
8625
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
rn
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
gle
ISO 639 2/B
run
gle
ISO 639 3
run
gle
ISO 639 6
run
gle
Glottocode
rund1242
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional