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Kirundi and Javanese


Javanese and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Indonesia  

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  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
Halo  

Thank You
Urakoze  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
Ndagusavye  
matur nuwun  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
N’agasaga  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
82,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Ha  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
82,000,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.25 %  
14

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
82.00 million  
12

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
basa Jawa  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Djawa, Jawa  

French Name
rundi  
javanais  

German Name
Kirundi  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
1500  
450 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Javanese  

Language Position
86  
99+
11  
10

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Javanese Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
jav  

ISO 639 3
run  
jav  

ISO 639 6
run  
jav  

Glottocode
rund1242  
java1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Kirundi and Javanese Speaking population

Kirundi and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Kirundi vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Javanese Language Codes

Kirundi and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kirundi and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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