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Assamese and Kirundi


Kirundi and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   
  • 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
Bengali and Oriya  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
19  
9

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
Mwaramutse  

Please
anugroha kori  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
biḍai  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
assamais  
rundi  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Kirundi  

Language Position
65  
99+
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
run  

ISO 639 3
asm  
run  

ISO 639 6
asm  
run  

Glottocode
assa1263  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Assamese and Kirundi Speaking population

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Assamese and Kirundi Language Codes

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