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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Burma

Total No. Of Countries

231
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Burundi, Gambia

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • 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

Amharic and Hebrew
Kinyarwanda Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2821
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2819
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
Bwakeye

Thank You

شكرا
Urakoze

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Urakomeye?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
Ijoro ryiza

Good Evening

مساء الخير
Mwiriwe

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
Mwiriwe

Good Morning

صباح الخير
Mwaramutse

Please

من فضلك
Ndagusavye

Sorry

آسف
Ndasubiza

Bye

وداعا
N’agasaga

I Love You

أحبك
Ndi waramutse

Excuse Me

اعذرني
Ndasaba

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Rwanda-Rundi

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Ha

Where They Speak

Sudan
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.00990,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Shubi

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.00153,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

266
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million8.80 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million8.80 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
íkiRǔndi

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Rundi, Urundi

French Name

arabe
rundi

German Name

Arabisch
Kirundi

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[kɪˈrʊndi]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa

History

Origin

512 CE
1500

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Semitic
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Branch

North Arabic
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Kirundi

Language Position

2586
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Kirundi Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
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Code

ISO 639 1

ar
rn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
run

ISO 639 2/B

ara
run

ISO 639 3

ara
run

ISO 639 6

ara
run

Glottocode

arab1395
rund1242

Linguasphere

12-AAC
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic and Kirundi Alphabets

Arabic and Kirundi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Kirundi. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Arabic and Kirundi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Kirundi languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Kirundi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Kirundi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Arabic and Kirundi Speaking population

Arabic and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Kirundi on Arabic vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Kirundi Language Codes

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