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Kirundi and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development 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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Urakoze  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
Ndagusavye  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Tsip maza  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
rundi  
dzongkha  

German Name
Kirundi  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
1500  
17th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
86  
99+
31  
29

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
run  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
run  
dzo  

Glottocode
rund1242  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kirundi and Dzongkha Speaking population

Kirundi and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Kirundi vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Dzongkha Language Codes

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