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Burmese and Kirundi


Kirundi and Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as 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
Thai Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Pali Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
33  
23
19  
9

Scripts
Tangut  
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
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Mwaramutse  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Rwanda-Rundi  

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

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Intha  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
31
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
birman  
rundi  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1500  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Kirundi  

Language Position
43  
40
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
run  

ISO 639 3
mya  
run  

ISO 639 6
mya  
run  

Glottocode
sout3159  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Burmese and Kirundi Speaking population

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