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Kannada
Kannada

Kirundi
Kirundi



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Countries

Countries

India, Karnataka, India
Burma

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Karnataka, India
Burundi, Gambia

Second Language

Goa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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Interesting Facts

  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  • 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

Telugu
Kinyarwanda Language

Derived From

Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4921
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

145
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3519
9 60
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Scripts

Kannada Script
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Bwakeye

Thank You

ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
Urakoze

How Are You?

ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Urakomeye?

Good Night

ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Ijoro ryiza

Good Evening

ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Mwiriwe

Good Afternoon

ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Mwiriwe

Good Morning

ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Mwaramutse

Please

ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Ndagusavye

Sorry

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Ndasubiza

Bye

ಬೈ (Bai)
N’agasaga

I Love You

ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Ndi waramutse

Excuse Me

ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Ndasaba

Dialects

Dialect 1

Badaga
Rwanda-Rundi

Where They Speak

Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

How Many People Speak

540,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Urali
Ha

Where They Speak

kerala
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

6,440.00990,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kurumba
Shubi

Where They Speak

Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
Tanzania

How Many People Speak

220,000.00153,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

206
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

49.00 million8.80 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.58 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

38.00 million8.80 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
íkiRǔndi

Alternative Names

Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
Rundi, Urundi

French Name

kannada
rundi

German Name

Kannada
Kirundi

Pronunciation

[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
[kɪˈrʊndi]

Ethnicity

Kannadiga
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa

History

Origin

c. 450
1500

Language Family

Dravidian Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
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Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kannada, Kannada
No early forms

Standard Forms

Modern Kannada
Kirundi

Language Position

3186
1 120
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Signed Forms

Indian Signing System (ISS)
Kirundi Sign Language

Scope

Individual
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Code

ISO 639 1

kn
rn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kan
run

ISO 639 2/B

kan
run

ISO 639 3

kan
run

ISO 639 6

kan
run

Glottocode

nucl1305
rund1242

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
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Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Kannada and Kirundi Alphabets

Kannada and Kirundi Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kannada and Kirundi. In Kannada Alphabets there are 49 letters while in Kirundi Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Kannada and Kirundi languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kannada and Kirundi languages. The Kannada phonology consist Kannada vowels and Kannada consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kannada greetings vs Kirundi greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kannada and Kirundi are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kannada and Kirundi Speaking population

Kannada and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % 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 Kannada and Kirundi on Kannada vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Kirundi Language Codes

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