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Bengali and Kirundi


Kirundi and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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
Assamese and Oriya  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
19  
9

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
India  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
bengali  
rundi  

German Name
Bengali  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
1500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Kirundi  

Language Position
4  
4
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
run  

ISO 639 3
ben  
run  

ISO 639 6
ben  
run  

Glottocode
beng1280  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bengali and Kirundi Speaking population

Bengali and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Kirundi on Bengali vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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