Countries
Burma
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2149
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1935
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Urakoze
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Ndagusavye
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
N’agasaga
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Badaga
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Ha
Urali
Where They Speak
Tanzania
kerala
How Many People Speak
990,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shubi
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
153,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.80 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
rundi
kannada
German Name
Kirundi
Kannada
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Kannadiga
Origin
1500
c. 450
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Modern Kannada
Language Position
8631
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
kan
ISO 639 2/B
run
kan
ISO 639 3
run
kan
ISO 639 6
run
kan
Glottocode
rund1242
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-