Countries
Burma
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Dagbani Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2126
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1916
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Kia ora
Thank You
Urakoze
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Kia ora
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Ndagusavye
gafare
Sorry
Ndasubiza
gafare
Bye
N’agasaga
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Saremde
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
990,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Taolende
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
153,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Mosse
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
rundi
moré
German Name
Kirundi
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Mossi
Origin
1500
11th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Mossi
Language Position
8637
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
mos
ISO 639 2/B
run
mos
ISO 639 3
run
mos
ISO 639 6
run
mos
Glottocode
rund1242
moss1236
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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