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Kirundi and Swedish


Swedish and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
21  
3
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
19  
9
18  
8

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
hej  

Thank You
Urakoze  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
god morgon  

Please
Ndagusavye  
vänligen  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
ledsen  

Bye
N’agasaga  
hej då  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Ha  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
France  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
rundi  
suédois  

German Name
Kirundi  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
1500  
13th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
86  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
swe  

ISO 639 3
run  
swe  

ISO 639 6
run  
swe  

Glottocode
rund1242  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kirundi and Swedish Speaking population

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

Kirundi and Swedish Language Codes

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

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