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Kirundi and Bengali


Bengali and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
19  
9
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
Ndagusavye  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
N’agasaga  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
India  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
rundi  
bengali  

German Name
Kirundi  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
1500  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Bengali  

Language Position
86  
99+
4  
4

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
ben  

ISO 639 3
run  
ben  

ISO 639 6
run  
ben  

Glottocode
rund1242  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kirundi and Bengali Speaking population

Kirundi and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Kirundi vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Bengali Language Codes

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

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