Countries
Burma
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2143
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1934
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Urakoze
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Ndagusavye
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
N’agasaga
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
990,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Tanzania
India
How Many People Speak
153,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
613
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
rundi
bhojpuri
German Name
Kirundi
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Bhojpuri speakers
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
Bhojpuri
Language Position
8637
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
bho
ISO 639 2/B
run
bho
ISO 639 3
run
bho
ISO 639 6
run
bho
Glottocode
rund1242
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-