Countries
Burma
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Philippines
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2132
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1920
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Bwakeye
Kablaaw
Thank You
Urakoze
Agyamanak
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Kumusta?
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
Naimbag a bigat
Please
Ndagusavye
mangngegda
Sorry
Ndasubiza
Agpakawanak
Bye
N’agasaga
Pakada
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Balangao
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Philippines
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Philippines
How Many People Speak
990,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Not present
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Not present
How Many People Speak
153,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
ilokano
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
rundi
ilocano
German Name
Kirundi
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Ilocano people
Origin
1500
18th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
8694
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
run
ilo
ISO 639 3
run
ilo
ISO 639 6
run
ilo
Glottocode
rund1242
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-