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Kirundi and Burmese


Burmese and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
21  
3
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
19  
9
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Arakanese  

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

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.50 %  
31

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
86  
99+
43  
40

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Kirundi and Burmese Speaking population

Kirundi and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Kirundi vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Burmese Language Codes

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