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Kirundi and Khmer


Khmer and Kirundi


Countries

Countries
Burma  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Burundi, Gambia  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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  
Australia, France, United States of America  

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.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Kinyarwanda Language  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
19  
9
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Bwakeye  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
Urakoze  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Urakomeye?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Ijoro ryiza  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
Mwiriwe  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
Mwiriwe  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Mwaramutse  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
Ndagusavye  
សូម  

Sorry
Ndasubiza  
សូរី  

Bye
N’agasaga  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Ndi waramutse  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
Ndasaba  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Rwanda-Rundi  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ha  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
990,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shubi  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Tanzania  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
153,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.80 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.80 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
íkiRǔndi  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Rundi, Urundi  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
rundi  
khmer central  

German Name
Kirundi  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[kɪˈrʊndi]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1500  
14  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Kirundi  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
86  
99+
1  
1

Signed Forms
Kirundi Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
rn  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
run  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
run  
khm  

ISO 639 3
run  
khm  

ISO 639 6
run  
khm  

Glottocode
rund1242  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Kirundi and Khmer Speaking population

Kirundi and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kirundi and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Kirundi and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Kirundi vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kirundi and Khmer Language Codes

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

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