Countries
Burma
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1933
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bwakeye
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Urakoze
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Ndagusavye
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
N’agasaga
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
990,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Intha
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Burma
How Many People Speak
153,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
rundi
birman
German Name
Kirundi
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Bamar people
Origin
1500
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Modern Burmese
Language Position
8643
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
mya
ISO 639 2/B
run
bur
ISO 639 3
run
mya
ISO 639 6
run
mya
Glottocode
rund1242
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating