Countries
Burma
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2121
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1916
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Hoy
Thank You
Urakoze
Salamat
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Maayong Buntag
Please
Ndagusavye
Palihug
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Ikasubo ko
Bye
N’agasaga
Babay
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Boholano
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Bohol
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Tanzania
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
990,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
North Kana
Where They Speak
Tanzania
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
153,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Visayan
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
rundi
cebuano
German Name
Kirundi
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Cebuano people
Origin
1500
16th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
8662
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
run
ceb
ISO 639 3
run
ceb
ISO 639 6
run
ceb
Glottocode
rund1242
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-