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Yoruba and Kirundi

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Countries

Countries

Benin, Nigeria
Burma

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Burundi, Gambia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Yoruba Academy
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Interesting Facts

  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  • 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

Owo and Itsekiri languages
Kinyarwanda Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2921
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

125
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1719
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

36
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ẹ n lẹ
Bwakeye

Thank You

e dupe
Urakoze

How Are You?

Bawo ni o se wa
Urakomeye?

Good Night

Kasun layọ o
Ijoro ryiza

Good Evening

ka a ale
Mwiriwe

Good Afternoon

e kaasan
Mwiriwe

Good Morning

e kaaro
Mwaramutse

Please

Jowo
Ndagusavye

Sorry

binu
Ndasubiza

Bye

bye
N’agasaga

I Love You

mo nifẹ rẹ
Ndi waramutse

Excuse Me

mo tọrọ gafara
Ndasaba

Dialects

Dialect 1

Itsekiri
Rwanda-Rundi

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

How Many People Speak

500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ede
Ha

Where They Speak

Benin, Togo
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

800,000.00990,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ulukwumi
Shubi

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

10,000.00153,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

206
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million8.80 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

28.00 million8.80 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

30.00 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Yorùbá
íkiRǔndi

Alternative Names

Yariba, Yooba
Rundi, Urundi

French Name

yoruba
rundi

German Name

Yoruba-Sprache
Kirundi

Pronunciation

[jòɾùbá]
[kɪˈrʊndi]

Ethnicity

Yoruba people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa

History

Origin

4 BC
1500

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Western Sudanic
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Branch

Kwa
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Yorùbá
Kirundi

Language Position

4986
1 120
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Signed Forms

Yoruba Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

yo
rn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

yor
run

ISO 639 2/B

yor
run

ISO 639 3

yor
run

ISO 639 6

yor
run

Glottocode

yoru1245
rund1242

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Isolating
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Yoruba and Kirundi Alphabets

Yoruba and Kirundi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Yoruba and Kirundi. In Yoruba Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Yoruba and Kirundi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Yoruba and Kirundi languages. The Yoruba phonology consist Yoruba vowels and Yoruba consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Yoruba greetings vs Kirundi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Yoruba and Kirundi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Yoruba and Kirundi Speaking population

Yoruba and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Kirundi on Yoruba vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Kirundi Language Codes

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