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Dzongkha and Kirundi


Kirundi and Dzongkha


Countries

Countries
Bhutan  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bhutan  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
India  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dzongkha Development Commission  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
  • 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
Sikkimese Language  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
Tibetan Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
95  
39
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
30  
20
19  
9

Scripts
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
38 weeks  
14
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kuzoozangpo La  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Kaadinchhey La  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
lek shom ay zim  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  
Mwaramutse  

Please
བསྐྱར་མ་  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Tsip maza  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Log Jay Gay  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Nga cheu lu ga  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Tsip maza  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Laya  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
1,100.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Lunana  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
700.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Adap  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Bhutan  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
130,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.17 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.47 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
dzongkha  
rundi  

German Name
Dzongkha  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Ngalop people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
17th Century  
1500  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Dzongkha  
Kirundi  

Language Position
31  
29
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dzongkha  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
dz  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
dzo  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
dzo  
run  

ISO 639 3
dzo  
run  

ISO 639 6
dzo  
run  

Glottocode
nucl1307  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Dzongkha and Kirundi Speaking population

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