Countries
Burma
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Jammu and Kashmir, 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
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Regulated By
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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.
- Dogri is derived from Sanskrit, but it has absorbed a large number of Arabic, Persian and English words.
- Dogri language has its own grammar and dictionary. The grammar of dogri has very strong sanskrit base.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2148
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1936
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari, Gurmukhi, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks42 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Ke aal aee
Thank You
Urakoze
dhanwaad
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
kiyaan oo ji
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
shub ratri
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
shub ratri
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
शुभ अपराह्न
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
su prabat
Please
Ndagusavye
kripya
Sorry
Ndasubiza
mere kaulan galti ooyyii
Bye
N’agasaga
changa ji pher
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Minjo tere naal pyar hega
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
gustakhi maaf
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Jaunsari
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Kullu
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Georgia, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
990,000.00110,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Hinduri
Where They Speak
Tanzania
France, Himachal Pradesh, India
How Many People Speak
153,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.80 million4.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million2.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
डोगरी
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Dhogaryali, Dogari, Dogri Jammu, Dogri Pahari, Dogri-Kangri, Dongari, Hindi Dogri, Tokkaru
French Name
rundi
dogri
German Name
Kirundi
Dogri
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈd̪oːɡri]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Dogras
Origin
1500
1971
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Dogri
Language Position
8632
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Signed Dogri
Scope
-
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
rn
doi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
doi
ISO 639 2/B
run
doi
ISO 639 3
run
doi
ISO 639 6
run
doi
Glottocode
rund1242
indo1311
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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