Countries
Burma
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
-
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
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Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2134
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1926
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bwakeye
Salam
Thank You
Urakoze
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
chone tao?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
jawáin sawáh
Please
Ndagusavye
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Ndasubiza
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
N’agasaga
bye
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
990,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
153,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Baluchi
French Name
rundi
baloutchi
German Name
Kirundi
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1500
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Balochi
Language Position
8639
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
bal
ISO 639 2/B
run
bal
ISO 639 3
run
bal
ISO 639 6
run
bal
Glottocode
rund1242
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-