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Kirundi
Kirundi

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Countries

Countries

Burma
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

Total No. Of Countries

17
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Gambia
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Regulated By

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Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.

Similar To

Kinyarwanda Language
French and Portuguese Languages

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2121
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1916
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
ciao

Thank You

Urakoze
grazie

How Are You?

Urakomeye?
Come stai?

Good Night

Ijoro ryiza
buonanotte

Good Evening

Mwiriwe
buonasera

Good Afternoon

Mwiriwe
buon pomeriggio

Good Morning

Mwaramutse
buongiorno

Please

Ndagusavye
Per Favore

Sorry

Ndasubiza
scusate

Bye

N’agasaga
arrivederci

I Love You

Ndi waramutse
Ti amo

Excuse Me

Ndasaba
Scusami

Dialects

Dialect 1

Rwanda-Rundi
Romanesco

Where They Speak

Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Lazio

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ha
Central Italian

Where They Speak

Tanzania
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

990,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Shubi
Tuscan

Where They Speak

Tanzania
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

153,000.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

615
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

8.80 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.80 million64.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

12.00 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

íkiRǔndi
Italiano

Alternative Names

Rundi, Urundi
Italiano

French Name

rundi
italien

German Name

Kirundi
Italienisch

Pronunciation

[kɪˈrʊndi]
[itaˈljaːno]

Ethnicity

Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Italians

History

Origin

1500
960 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Kirundi
Italian

Language Position

8627
1 120
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Signed Forms

Kirundi Sign Language
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Scope

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Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

rn
it

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

run
ita

ISO 639 2/B

run
ita

ISO 639 3

run
ita

ISO 639 6

run
itas

Glottocode

rund1242
ital1282

Linguasphere

No data available
51-AAA-q

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 Italian Alphabets

Kirundi and Italian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kirundi and Italian. In Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Kirundi and Italian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kirundi and Italian 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 Italian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kirundi and Italian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kirundi and Italian Speaking population

Kirundi and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Kirundi vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Italian Language Codes

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