Countries
Burma
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2162
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1960
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Urakoze
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Ndagusavye
амритана
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Амарахь
Bye
N’agasaga
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
-
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
990,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Sadz
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Turkey
How Many People Speak
153,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
rundi
abkhaze
German Name
Kirundi
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Abkhaz people
Origin
1500
c. 1650
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Abkhaz
Language Position
8628
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
abk
ISO 639 2/B
run
abk
ISO 639 3
run
abk
ISO 639 6
run
abks
Glottocode
rund1242
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative