Countries
Burma
Georgia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
-
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2133
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1928
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
Urakoze
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
Ndagusavye
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
N’agasaga
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Kartli
How Many People Speak
990,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
153,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
8.80 million4.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.64 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.80 million4.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
12.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
íkiRǔndi
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
rundi
géorgien
German Name
Kirundi
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Georgians
Origin
1500
5th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
-
Southern
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Modern Georgian
Language Position
86120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Georgian Sign Language
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
rn
ka
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
kat
ISO 639 2/B
run
geo
ISO 639 3
run
kat
ISO 639 6
run
kat
Glottocode
rund1242
nucl1302
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic