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Khasi and Kirundi


Kirundi and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Burma  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Burundi, Gambia  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Kinyarwanda Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
19  
9

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Bwakeye  

Thank You
Khublei  
Urakoze  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Urakomeye?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Ijoro ryiza  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
Mwiriwe  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
Mwiriwe  

Good Morning
khublei  
Mwaramutse  

Please
Sngewbha  
Ndagusavye  

Sorry
Map  
Ndasubiza  

Bye
khublei  
N’agasaga  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
Ndi waramutse  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
Ndasaba  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Rwanda-Rundi  

Where They Speak
-  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Ha  

Where They Speak
-  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
990,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Shubi  

Where They Speak
-  
Tanzania  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
153,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
8.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
íkiRǔndi  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Rundi, Urundi  

French Name
khasi  
rundi  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Kirundi  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[kɪˈrʊndi]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
1500  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Kirundi  

Language Position
40  
37
86  
99+

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Kirundi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
rn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
run  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
run  

ISO 639 3
kha  
run  

ISO 639 6
kha  
run  

Glottocode
khas1269  
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 Khasi 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 Khasi and Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Khasi and Kirundi Speaking population

Khasi and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % 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 Khasi and Kirundi on Khasi vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Kirundi Language Codes

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