In this series of articles we overview languages present in any given country. This time we are looking at the languages spoken in Burundi
The biggest languages present in Burundi include:
- Kirundi – 11.65 million speakers;
- French – 951 thousand speakers;
The same 2 languages serve as the official languages of the country.
Below you will find summaries for the languages supported by our translation services.
French
French is a Romance language, which is a branch of the Indo-European language family. It is one of the official languages of Burundi, alongside 3 other.
| Number of speakers worldwide | 274 million |
|---|---|
| Language family | Indo-European |
| Writing | French alphabet |
| Major French-speaking populations in: | 49 countries |
Demographics and geographic distribution
More than a hundred million people use French as their language of day-to-day communication. Countries with a significant number of people speaking the language include:
- Rwanda
- Andorra
- Morocco
- France
- Saint Lucia
- Laos
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Guinea
In Burundi approximately 8% or 951 thousand people use French in their day-to-day communication.
Writing
The French alphabet is used for writing the French language. Being a subset of the Latin script, it uses some non-standard characters like à, â, æ, ç, overall 16 symbols.
Translation services
If you intend to expand to the Burundian market via the French language, you might be interested in the following services:
- French Document Translation
- French Desktop Publishing and InDesign Translation
- French E-Commerce Translation
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