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Swedish and Kirundi


Kirundi and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Sweden  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Africa, Asia  

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

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

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

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
hej  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Mwaramutse  

Please
vänligen  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
ledsen  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
hej då  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

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

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Tanzania  

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

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
France  
Tanzania  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Svenska  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
suédois  
rundi  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
13th Century  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Kirundi  

Language Position
89  
99+
86  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
run  

ISO 639 3
swe  
run  

ISO 639 6
swe  
run  

Glottocode
swed1254  
rund1242  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Swedish and Kirundi Speaking population

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

Swedish and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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