Countries
Burma
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2137
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1946
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Mhoro
Thank You
Urakoze
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Masikati
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Mangwanani
Please
Ndagusavye
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Ndineurombo
Bye
N’agasaga
bye
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Karanga
Where They Speak
Tanzania
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
990,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Tanzania
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
153,000.0016.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.80 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
íkiRǔndi
chiShona
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
rundi
shona
German Name
Kirundi
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Shona people
Origin
1500
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Standard Shona
Language Position
86107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
sna
ISO 639 2/B
run
sna
ISO 639 3
run
sna
ISO 639 6
run
sna
Glottocode
rund1242
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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