Kirundi (also Rundi) Fonts

Kirundi (also known as Rundi) is a Bantu language and the official language of Burundi as well as one of the four official languages of the East African Community. In terms of writing and orthography, Kirundi uses the Latin alphabet, which was introduced by Christian missionaries in the 19th century. The alphabet consists of 26 letters, with several additional letters used to represent specific sounds in the Kirundi language. These include the letters “g” and “h” for nasal vowels, as well as the letter “ny” for a palatal nasal consonant.

In terms of fonts, there are several font options available for displaying Kirundi text. Typefaces are designed to support the unique sounds and characters of the Kirundi language, and can be used in a variety of applications.

Writing System: Latin script

Alphabetic Writing System: Kirundi alphabet

Number of Characters: 24

Alphabet Letter / Character Set: A, a, C, c, D, d, E, e, F, f, G, g, H, h, I, i, J, j, K, k, L, l, M, m, N, n, O, o, P, p, R, r, S, s, T, t, U, u, V, v, W, w, X, x, Y, y, Z, z.

Language Speakers: 6 million

Country / Areas: Burundi, also Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Typeface Usage: Various business typography uses, such as corporate fonts, branding font styles, labels, product, and packaging fonts, high-performing gaming, and app fonts, more wide-use multimedia, and printer-friendly digital fonts, variable fonts for websites, tablets, software fonts, and any other high-grade professional and personal typeface applications.