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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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

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
Not available   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
N’agasaga   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
Not available   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
Not available   
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   
10
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Ha   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
990,000.00   
25
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Shubi   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Tanzania   
India   

How Many People Speak
153,000.00   
24
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
íkiRǔndi   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
rundi   
bengali   

German Name
Kirundi   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

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

History

Origin
1500   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Kirundi   
Bengali   

Language Position
86   
99+
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
rund1242   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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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