Countries
Burma
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Burundi, Gambia
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
-
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2124
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1917
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Bwakeye
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Urakoze
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Urakomeye?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Ijoro ryiza
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Mwiriwe
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Mwaramutse
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Ndagusavye
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Ndasubiza
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
N’agasaga
bye
I Love You
Ndi waramutse
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Ndasaba
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ha
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
990,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Shubi
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Tanzania
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
153,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.80 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.80 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
íkiRǔndi
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
rundi
kazakh
German Name
Kirundi
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Kazahks
Origin
1500
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
-
Turkic
Branch
-
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kirundi
Kazakh
Language Position
8693
1
120
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Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
rn
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
run
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
run
kaz
ISO 639 3
run
kaz
ISO 639 6
run
kaz
Glottocode
rund1242
kaza1248
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative