Kirundi

Summary

Kirundi is a natural language^[1]. Kirundi draws 3,783 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #199 of 734).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kirundi is in the country of Burundi^[3].
• Kirundi is in the country of Tanzania^[4].
• Kirundi is in the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo^[5].
• Kirundi is in the country of Uganda^[6].
• Kirundi's instance of is recorded as natural language^[7].
• Kirundi's instance of is recorded as modern language^[8].
• Kirundi is a type of Rwanda-Rundi^[9].
• Kirundi's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[10].
• Kirundi's writing system is recorded as Latin alphabet^[11].
• Kirundi's Wikimedia language code is recorded as rn^[12].
• Kirundi's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -3, 'lon': 30}^[13].
• Kirundi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kirundi language^[14].
• Kirundi's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+10800000'}^[15].
• Kirundi's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+8800000'}^[16].
• Kirundi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'rn', 'text': 'Ikirundi'}^[17].
• Kirundi's indigenous to is recorded as Hutu^[18].
• Kirundi's indigenous to is recorded as Tutsi^[19].
• Kirundi's indigenous to is recorded as Great Lakes Twa^[20].
• Kirundi's indigenous to is recorded as Burundi^[21].
• Kirundi's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/RUN^[22].
• Kirundi's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 1 National^[23].
• Kirundi's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object^[24].
• Kirundi's linguistic typology is recorded as tonal language^[25].
• Kirundi's linguistic typology is recorded as Meeussen's rule^[26].
• Kirundi's linguistic typology is recorded as consonant harmony^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[7] and modern language^[8]. Kirundi is a type of Rwanda-Rundi^[9].

Influence

Things named for Kirundi include Burundi^[28], a sovereign state^[29], in Burundi^[30], founded in 1962^[31], headquartered in Bujumbura^[32].

Why It Matters

Kirundi draws 3,783 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #199 of 734).^[2] Kirundi has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Kirundi is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Kirundi include Burundi^[28], a sovereign state^[29], in Burundi^[30], founded in 1962^[31], headquartered in Bujumbura^[32].