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Kirundi and Arabic


Arabic and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
23  
4

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Urakoze  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
صباح الخير  

Please
Ndagusavye  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
آسف  

Bye
N’agasaga  
وداعا  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Ha  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
rundi  
arabe  

German Name
Kirundi  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Arabs  

History

Origin
1500  
512 CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
86  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
ara  

ISO 639 3
run  
ara  

ISO 639 6
run  
ara  

Glottocode
rund1242  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Kirundi and Arabic Speaking population

Kirundi and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Kirundi and Arabic on Kirundi vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Arabic Language Codes

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

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