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
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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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Tanzania
Where They Speak
Burma
Tanzania
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Rundi, Urundi
German Name
Birmanisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[bəmɛ̀]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Kirundi
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Kirundi Sign Language
Glottocode
sout3159
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Burmese and Kirundi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Kirundi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Kirundi language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Kirundi word for "Thank You" is Urakoze. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Kirundi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Kirundi Difficulty
The Burmese vs Kirundi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Kirundi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Kirundi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Kirundi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Kirundi time required is 36 weeks.