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Javanese and Kirundi


Kirundi and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Mwaramutse  

Please
matur nuwun  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Ha  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
8.80 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
basa Jawa  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
javanais  
rundi  

German Name
Javanisch  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1500  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Kirundi  

Language Position
11  
10
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
run  

ISO 639 3
jav  
run  

ISO 639 6
jav  
run  

Glottocode
java1253  
rund1242  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Javanese and Kirundi Speaking population

Javanese and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Kirundi on Javanese vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Kirundi Language Codes

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

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