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Bantu language of Burundi and adjacent states
Kirundi (/kɪˈrʊndi, -ˈrʌn-/), officially known as Ikirundi (also known as Rundi), is a Bantu language and the national language of Burundi. It is mutually
Kirundi
Bantu dialect continuum of Rwanda, Burundi, and neighbouring areas
specifically a dialect continuum, spoken in Central Africa. Two dialects, Kirundi and Kinyarwanda, have been standardized as the national languages of Burundi
Rwanda-Rundi
Bantu kingdom in southeast Africa (c. 1680 to 1966)
Burundi (French: Royaume du Burundi), also known as Kingdom of Urundi (Kirundi: Ubwami bw'Urundi), was a Bantu kingdom in the modern-day Republic of Burundi
Kingdom_of_Burundi
Burundian legislature
Parliament of Burundi (Kirundi: Abashingamateka) consists of two chambers: The Senate, called Inama nkenguzamateka in Kirundi, is made up of 13 members
Parliament_of_Burundi
Australian soccer player (born 2006)
Nestory Irankunda (/nɛstəriː ɪrəŋkʊndɑ/ NEST-ər-EE ir-əng-KUN-da; Kirundi: [iɾaŋkunda]; born 9 February 2006) is a professional soccer player who plays
Nestory_Irankunda
Bantu language official in Rwanda
among the native population of Rwanda and is mutually intelligible with Kirundi, the national language of neighbouring Burundi. In 2010, the Rwanda Academy
Kinyarwanda
Rift lake in East-Central Africa
Lake Tanganyika (/ˌtæŋɡənˈjiːkə, -ɡæn-/ TANG-gən-YEE-kə, -gan-; Kirundi: Ikiyaga ca Tanganyika) is an African Great Lake. It is the world's second-largest
Lake_Tanganyika
Combined military forces of Burundi
National Defence Force (French: Force de Défense Nationale du Burundi; FDNB; Kirundi: Urwego rw'ukwivuna abansi rw'Uburundi) is the military of Burundi. A general
Burundi National Defence Force
Burundi_National_Defence_Force
Ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region
Niger–Congo language family. Rwanda-Rundi is subdivided into the Kinyarwanda and Kirundi dialects, which have been standardized as official languages of Rwanda
Hutu
Men's association football team
team (Kirundi: Umurwi nserukira gihugu w'umupira w'amaguru w'u Burundi), nicknamed The Fighting Swallows (French: Les Hirondelles en Guerre; Kirundi: Intamba
Burundi national football team
Burundi_national_football_team
ethnic groups – Hutu (Bahutu), Tutsi (Batutsi or Watusi), and Twa (Batwa). Kirundi is the common language. Intermarriage takes place frequently between the
Demographics_of_Burundi
Country in East Africa
fewer than 1% are Twa. The official languages of Burundi are Kirundi, French, and English—Kirundi being officially recognised as the sole national language
Burundi
Set of names by which an individual is known
original on 12 April 2008. Kimenyi, Alexandre (1989). Kinyarwanda and Kirundi Names: A Semiolinguistic Analysis of Bantu Onomastics. African Studies
Personal_name
Capital and largest city of Chile
Santiago (/ˌsæntiˈɑːɡoʊ/ SAN-tee-AH-goh, US also /ˌsɑːn-/ SAHN-; Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo]), also known as Santiago de Chile (Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈtʃile]
Santiago
languages: Kirundi, French, and English, where English became the third official language of the country in 2014. Of these, only Kirundi is spoken by
Languages_of_Burundi
Head of state of Burundi
officially the president of the republic (French: Président de la République; Kirundi: Umukuru W'igihugu c' Uburundi), is the head of state of the Republic of
President_of_Burundi
Burundian singer and musician (born 1959)
1996 with her widely popular album Sambolera, which was sung in Swahili, Kirundi, and French. In 1997 she performed the song "Sailing" in a duet with Montserrat
Khadja_Nin
Ethnic group of the African Great Lakes region
rather than ethnicity. Burundians and Rwandans have similar languages, Kirundi and Kinyarwanda. English, French and Swahili serve as additional official
Tutsi
International radio division of the BBC
broadcasting, and the Hindi, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Nepali, Swahili, Kinyarwanda and Kirundi services ceased shortwave transmissions. As part of the 16% budget cut
BBC_World_Service
Romauntsch; Romontsch Romansch Rundi rn run run Individual Living Ikirundi Kirundi Russian ru rus rus Individual Living Русский язык (Russkiĭ âzyk) Northern
List of ISO 639 language codes
List_of_ISO_639_language_codes
1972 mass killings of Hutus in Burundi
The Ikiza (variously translated from Kirundi as the Catastrophe, the Great Calamity, and the Scourge), or the Ubwicanyi (Killings), was a series of mass
Ikiza
Military rank
Force) Генерал-майор General-mayor (Bulgarian Land Forces) Général-major (Kirundi: Jenerai majoro) (Burundi Army) Major-general (French: Major-général) (Canadian
Major_general
Udmurt Cyrl udm 5,916 21 24 Oct 2005 [citation needed] Kirundi Wikipedia Wikipediya mu Ikirundi Kirundi Latn rn 729 11 Nov 2005 Buginese Wikipedia ᨓᨗᨀᨗᨄᨙᨉᨗᨕ
List_of_Wikipedias
East African term for a white person
Chizungu Kikuyu in Kenya Mūthūngū Athūngū Gīthūngū Kinyarwanda in Rwanda / Kirundi in Burundi Umuzungu Abazungu Ikizungu Bemba in Zambia and the Democratic
Mzungu
Language spoken in Tanzania
Burundi; neighboring dialects are reported to be mutually intelligible with Kirundi. /ɾ/ is heard as [l] among different dialects in free variation. /b/ can
Ha_language
Australian soccer player (born 2008)
Amlani Tatu (Kirundi: [ɑmláni tɑtú]; born 1 July 2008) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a winger for A-League Men club Adelaide United. After
Amlani_Tatu
creole) Botswana BWA Africa 2,549,207 Yes Burundi BDI Africa 10,114,505 No (Kirundi) Cameroon CMR Africa 22,534,532 No (co-official with French, primary only
List of countries and territories where English is an official language
List_of_countries_and_territories_where_English_is_an_official_language
Professional head of the Burundi National Defence Force
Defence Staff (French: Chef de la Force de Défense Nationale du Burundi, Kirundi: Umukuru w’ibiro bikuru vya gisirikare , C/FDNB; lit. 'Chief of the Burundi
Chief of the Defence Staff (Burundi)
Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Burundi)
Commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces
(Bulgarian Land Forces) Lieutenant (Burkina Faso Ground Forces) Lieutenant Kirundi: Riyetena (Burundi Ground Forces) Lieutenant (Cameroon Ground Forces) Lieutenant
Lieutenant
First anglican bishop in Burundi
Jean (Yohana in kirundi) Nkunzumwami was the first Anglican bishop in Burundi. He was married to Myriam Basabakwinshi and they had 12 children. Myriam
Yohana_Nkunzumwami
Gervais Ndirakobuca Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Burundi 25 January – Kirundi becomes an official language. 2 April – Fifteen people are killed after
2023_in_Burundi
associate with literature. In addition to his Kirundi writing programs, his focus on language and Kirundi preservation works towards bringing literature
Roland_Rugero
The original national flag of Burundi (Kirundi: ibendera ry'Uburundi, French: Drapeau du Burundi) was adopted after the Burundian independence from Belgium
Flag_of_Burundi
36793 Region served Burundi Services Savings and loans Official languages Kirundi, French Key people Claudette Nyandwi, Chairperson Marie Louise Nsabiyumva
Caisse Coopérative d'Epargne et de Crédit Mutuel
Caisse_Coopérative_d'Epargne_et_de_Crédit_Mutuel
Military rank
Soldat de 1re classe (Burkina Faso Ground Forces) Soldat de 1re classe (Kirundi: Umusoda wo mu murwi wa mbere) (Burundi Army) Soldat première (Cameroon
Private_first_class
Radio station in Burundi
support conflict resolution between Hutus and Tutsis. It broadcasts in Kirundi, Swahili and French. Radio Isanganiro was founded in 2002 by Burundi journalists
Radio_Isanganiro
Public university in Bujumbura, Burundi
The University of Burundi (Kirundi: Kaminuza y'Uburundi, French: Université du Burundi, UB) is the biggest public university in Burundi, with its main
University_of_Burundi
Publicly funded broadcaster of Burundi
(RTNB)), is the national broadcaster of Burundi. It currently broadcasts in Kirundi, French, Swahili (also known as Kiswahili), and English. Burundi National
Burundi National Radio and Television
Burundi_National_Radio_and_Television
education system (the primary and secondary teaching languages remaining Kirundi and French). Since 2012, Burundi has been engaged in a profound reform
Education_in_Burundi
National anthem of Burundi
"Burundi bwacu" (Kirundi pronunciation: [buɾúːndi bɡát͡ʃu]; "Our Burundi") is the national anthem of Burundi. Written in the Kirundi language by a group
Burundi_Bwacu
Large language family spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ethnologue separates the largely mutually intelligible Kinyarwanda and Kirundi, which together have 20 million speakers. The similarity among dispersed
Bantu_languages
Largest city of Burundi
Bujumbura (French pronunciation: [buʒumbuʁa]; Kirundi pronunciation: [buʒuᵐbuɾa]), formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, former political capital
Bujumbura
List of African ethnic groups
called distinct ethnic groups. Refers specifically to the Kinyarwanda and Kirundi dialects. The other speakers of the dialects within the Rwanda-Rundi continuum
List of contemporary ethnic groups of Africa
List_of_contemporary_ethnic_groups_of_Africa
Indigenous Bantu language
in Burundi but is not recognised as an official language; only French, Kirundi, and English have this distinction. Since 2013, Swahili has been included
Swahili
Ethnolinguistic group in Africa
Lingala; bato in Duala; abanto in Gusii; andũ in Kamba and Kikuyu; abantu in Kirundi, Lusoga, Zulu, Xhosa, Runyoro and Luganda; wandru in Shingazidja; abantru
Bantu_peoples
1971 single by Burundi Steiphenson Black
recordings. The song is entitled "Ingoma", which simply means "Song" in Kirundi and most other Bantu languages. The musicians are just credited as "Ensemble
Burundi_Black
Senior rank in the armed forces
Force) Général de brigade (Burkina Faso Ground Forces) Général de brigade (Kirundi: Jenerai wa birigade) (Burundi Army) Général de brigade (Cameroon Ground
Brigadier_general
Country Alongside Belgium Dutch, German Burundi Kirundi, English Cameroon English Canada English Central African Republic Sango Chad Arabic Comoros Comorian
List of countries and territories where French is an official language
List_of_countries_and_territories_where_French_is_an_official_language
Topics referred to by the same term
French airline RN, then IATA code of Rayani Air, a former Malaysian airline Kirundi language (ISO 639-1: RN) M (disambiguation) NN (disambiguation) This disambiguation
RN
Traditional clothing usually associated with a geographic area
Folk costume, also known as folk attire, traditional attire, traditional dress, or regalia is the clothing of an ethnic group, nation or region, and expresses
Folk_costume
Writing system
transcriptions for use in literacy and education Kinyarwanda in Rwanda Kirundi in Burundi Malagasy in Madagascar (script known as Sorabe) Nubian Shona
Arabic_script
1916–1962 Belgian territory in Africa
Common languages French (official) also: Dutch. Majority: Kinyarwanda, Kirundi and Swahili Religion Catholicism (de facto) also: Protestantism, Islam
Ruanda-Urundi
Ethnic group from Kigoma Region, Tanzania
language, also called Kiha, Ikiha or Giha. It is closely related to the Kirundi and Kinyarwanda spoken in neighbouring Burundi and Rwanda, and belongs
Ha_people
Lower chamber of parliament in Burundi
The National Assembly (Kirundi: Inama nshingamateka) is the lower chamber of Parliament in Burundi. It consists of 100 directly elected members (or deputies)
National_Assembly_(Burundi)
principle law enforcement agency in Burundi is the National Police of Burundi (Kirundi: Urwego rw'inyamiramabi rw'Uburundi, French: Police nationale du Burundi
Law_enforcement_in_Burundi
Museum in Gitega
The National Museum of Gitega (French: Musée National de Gitega, Kirundi: Iratiro ry'akaranga k'Uburundi) is the national museum of Burundi. It is located
National_Museum_of_Gitega
Working languages: French English [citation needed] Burundi 3 French Kirundi English Kirundi Swahili Cambodia 1 Khmer French English Chinese Cameroon 2 English
List of official languages by country and territory
List_of_official_languages_by_country_and_territory
Closeness of linguistic varieties
while Tunisian Arabic is written with the Arabic script) Kinyarwanda and Kirundi Luganda and Lusoga (partially) Nkore and Kiga Zulu, Northern Ndebele (significantly)
Mutual_intelligibility
Rank comparison chart of officer ranks for armies/land forces of African states. Comparative army officer ranks of the Americas Ranks and insignia of NATO
Comparative army officer ranks of Africa
Comparative_army_officer_ranks_of_Africa
Burundian women's polyphonic, dialogic greeting ritual
conversational rather than musical, with the practice (whose name derives from the Kirundi root -zehe, meaning to chat) typically referred to in terms of speaking
Akazehe
Burundian footballer (born 1993)
Gaël Bigirimana (Kirundi pronunciation: [ɡaˈeːl βiɟiriˈmaːnaː]; born 22 October 1993) is a Burundian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder
Gaël_Bigirimana
Military rank
Caporal-chef (Benin Army) Caporal-chef (Burkina Faso Ground Forces) Caporal-chef (Kirundi: Kaporari shefu) (Burundi Army) Caporal-chef (Cameroon Ground Forces) Caporal-chef
Master_corporal
Region
most widely spoken. Among these languages are Kikuyu, Luhya, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kisukuma, Luganda and many others. Swahili, with at least 80 million speakers[citation
East_Africa
Southern African philosophy
kimuntu, gimuntu Botswana Setswana botho Burundi, Rwanda Kinyarwanda, Kirundi ubuntu Cameroon Sawabantu bato DRC Kongo, Luba-Kasai bomoto, bantu Kenya
Ubuntu_philosophy
noun classes. Rwanda-Rundi family of languages (including Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, and Ha): 16 noun classes grouped in 10 pairs. Ganda: 10 classes called
List of languages by type of grammatical genders
List_of_languages_by_type_of_grammatical_genders
List of responses to sneezes in multiple languages
other's wellbeing in a sarcastic way) "Are you sick?" Aasha! "Not really!" Kirundi Kira "Be healthy" Twese "Us all" Kinyarwanda Urakire "May you be healthy"
Response_to_sneezing
Central Bank of Burundi
The Bank of the Republic of Burundi (Kirundi: Ibanki ya Republika y'uBurundi, French: Banque de la République du Burundi; BRB) is the central bank of
Bank of the Republic of Burundi
Bank_of_the_Republic_of_Burundi
Aesop's fable
stories, as for example, "The frog imitated the elephant and burst" in Kirundi and in Amharic; and in the Chewa language of Zambia, simply "The proud
The_Frog_and_the_Ox
National coat of arms of the Republic of Burundi
number of spears was four. The national motto was Ganza Sabwa, which is Kirundi for 'The King rules and reigns'. Coat of arms of The German East Africa
Coat_of_arms_of_Burundi
Characteristic feature of German occurring in another language
A Kashubian craftsman uses a szruwa (screw, from German Schraube). In Kirundi, the language of the African Great Lakes country Burundi, the word for
Germanism_(linguistics)
Public secondary school in Gihosha, Bujumbura, Burundi
management. Teaching is in French while languages taught include the native Kirundi as well as Swahili and English.[citation needed] Past rectors include Guillaume
Holy_Spirit_Lycée
The Bujumbura City Market (Kirundi: Kwa Siyoni) is a public market in Bujumbura, Burundi. A fire broke out at Bujumbura Central Market early in the morning
Bujumbura_City_Market
Military rank
Mejar (Royal Brunei Land Force) Майор Mayor (Bulgarian Land Forces) Major (Kirundi: Majoro) (Burundi Army) Major (French: Major) (Canadian Army) Major (Cape
Major_(rank)
Topics referred to by the same term
excessive mutations The Ikiza, which translates to the catastrophe from Kirundi, in Central Africa Infrared catastrophe or infrared divergence is a situation
Catastrophe
Hospital in Karusi Province, Burundi
2012, the 50th anniversary of Burundi independence. Natwe Turashoboye is Kirundi for "We can too", a term used for empowerment of the disadvantaged. The
Natwe_Turashoboye_Hospital
Republic of Burundi (official, English), Republika y'Uburundi (official, Kirundi), République du Burundi (official, French), Kingdom of Burundi (former
List of alternative country names
List_of_alternative_country_names
broadcaster operates the only national radio network, broadcasting in Kirundi, Swahili, French, and English; roughly 10 privately owned radio stations
Communications_in_Burundi
Upper house of the Burundian legislature
The Senate (Kirundi: Inama nkenguzamateka) is the upper chamber of Parliament in Burundi. It consists of between 13 members who serve 5-year terms. The
Senate_(Burundi)
Historic church in Rhode Island, United States
church hosted masses in English, Hmong, Spanish, Haitian Creoloe, and Kirundi, a language spoken in Rwanda and Burundi. The church welcomed Catholics
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Convent, Rectory, and School
St._Michael's_Roman_Catholic_Church,_Convent,_Rectory,_and_School
Military rank
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title
Lieutenant_general
Topics referred to by the same term
Airlines, a Turkey-based cargo airline Run, ISO 639-2 and -3 code for Kirundi language Run command, a command used to begin execution of a program Run
Run
Australian multicultural radio network
subsequently introduced in podcast form, including Hakha Chin, Karen, Kirundi, Mongolian, Rohingya, Telugu, and Tibetan. In November 2022, SBS once again
SBS_Radio
Military rank
(Botswana Ground Force) Caporal (Burkina Faso Ground Forces) Caporal (Kirundi: Kaporari) (Burundi Army) Caporal (Cameroon Ground Forces) Corporal (French:
Corporal
Defunct political party of Burundi
Burundi Workers' Party (French: Parti des travailleurs du Burundi, PTB; Kirundi: Umugambwe w'Abakozi b'Uburundi, UBU) was a clandestine communist party
Burundi_Workers'_Party
voiced postalveolar fricative (/ʒ/), like the ⟨s⟩ in pleasure, in Albanian, Kirundi, Xhosa, Sotho, Venda, Swazi, and Native American orthographies such as
List_of_Latin-script_digraphs
River in Africa
(1.2 mi) upstream from Rusumo Falls. The Ruvubu gets its name from the Kirundi word for hippopatamus, imvubu, because the river is home to a large population
Rurubu_River
Hungarian training glider from the late 1940s
The Kemény K-02 Szellő (Breeze) was a Hungarian training glider from the late 1940s. It was originally designed for a national contest to build a primary
Kemény_K-02
Honorific title for chief or king in several parts of Central or East Africa
nation-states, for example, in Rwanda. In several Bantu languages − including Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Fuliiru, Nande, Lega, Luhya, Nyindu, Shi, and Chitonga −
Mwami
Chinese machine translation system
(Cyrillic) Keliko Khmer Kiche Kikongo Kikuyu Kimbundu Kinyarwanda Kiribati Kirundi Kisiha Klingon Korean Kuanua Kulung Kurdish (Kurmanji) Kurdish (Sorani)
NiuTrans
2021 American-Rwandan film
2022 (2022-06-03) (United States) Running time 110 minutes Countries Rwanda United States Languages Kinyarwanda Kirundi Swahili French English Box office $203,393
Neptune_Frost
Subgroup of Great Lakes Bantu languages
West Highlands Kivu Kinyarwanda Rundic Ha Hangaza-Shubi Hangaza Shubi Kirundi Kitwa Vinza Rwenzori Konzo Nande Proto-Western Lakes Bantu was developed
Western_Lakes_Bantu_languages
International US-owned broadcaster
Georgian R Haitian Creole R Hausa R Indonesian R, T Khmer R, T Kinyarwanda R Kirundi Korean R Kurdish R Lao R Lingala R Macedonian T Mandarin R, T Ndebele Pashto
Voice_of_America
German colony, 1885–1918
Tabora (1916, temporary) Common languages German (official) Swahili Arabic Kirundi Kinyarwanda Maa Kisukuma Iraqw Chaga languages Religion Islam Traditional
German_East_Africa
Esperanto learning tool
Esperanto, Finnish, French, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Kirundi, Kiswahili, Norwegian (Bokmål), Persian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian
Lernu!
Burundian politician
Pierre-Claver Nuwinkware (Kirundi: Petro Claveri Nuwinkware; died 1972) was a Burundian politician. Pierre-Claver Nuwinkware was ethnically Hutu. He was
Claver_Nuwinkware
Hospital in Bujumbura
the Avenue Nzero, facing the Embassy of Egypt on the south side. In the Kirundi language, Gukira means "to heal". The Kira Hospital is a three-story building
Kira_Hospital
Military rank and appointment
enamel background. Sargento-maior (Angolan Army) Première sergent major (Kirundi: Sereja majoro mu murwi wa mbere) (Burundi Army) Sargento-mor (Cape Verdean
Sergeant_major
Kazakh kk Khakas kjh Khasi kha Khmer km Kiga cgg Kikongo kg Kinyarwanda rw Kirundi (Rundi) rn Kituba ktu Klingon tlh Kokborok trp Komi kv Konkani kok Korean
Comparison of machine translation applications
Comparison_of_machine_translation_applications
София Bulgarian (Cyrillic script) Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Ouagadougou French Burundi Gitega Uburundi Burundi Gitega Gitega Kirundi French
List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in native languages
List_of_countries_and_dependencies_and_their_capitals_in_native_languages
American medical missionary
individual financial support and is required to speak both French and Kirundi. The L'Chaim Prize for Outstanding Medical Missionary Service was founded
Jason_Fader
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