Countries
India, Pakistan
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4421
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
175
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2719
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Bwakeye
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Urakoze
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Urakomeye?
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
سہا مسا
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
Mwaramutse
Please
مهربانی کر
Ndagusavye
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Ndasubiza
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
N’agasaga
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Poguli
Ha
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
6,100,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rambani
Shubi
Where They Speak
India
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.05 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
kashmiri
rundi
German Name
Kaschmiri
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
12th Century
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Kirundi
Language Position
2386
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ks
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
run
ISO 639 2/B
kas
run
ISO 639 3
kas
run
ISO 639 6
kas
run
Glottocode
kash1277
rund1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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